M2.1 earthquake 9 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 9 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Sun, Jan 12, 2020, 2:51 PM AKST (23:51 UTC), 57 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-12 23:51:12 UTC
- Depth
- 57.4 km (35.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.801° N, 151.994° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 53
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.860 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 91 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.57 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 62 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.870 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 120 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 113 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.822 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 55 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.671 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 88 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.062 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 96 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.540 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.512 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 64 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.568 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 97 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.641 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 120 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 108 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.750 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 73 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.760 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 122 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.261 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 101 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 82 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.163 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 98 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 98 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 92 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 66 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.650 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2452 days ago · 65 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.050 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 90 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 97 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.525 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 52 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.568 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 77 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.56 km SSW of Homer, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 55 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.628 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 89 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.759 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 101 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.24 km NW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 62 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.663 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 104 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.518 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 75 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.147 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 119 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.849 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.549 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 80 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.933 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 75 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.462 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 103 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 94 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.650 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 87 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
- 2.159 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 115 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.642 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 127 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.140 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 82 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.562 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 98 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.661 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 77 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 109 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.762 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 102 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2448 days ago · 66 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.545 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 158 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.435 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.93 km N of Kenai, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.060 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 125 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.648 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 118 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.967 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 93 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 3.439 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 7
- 1.537 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 101 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2446 days ago · 123 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.957 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 85 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.723 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.825 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 79 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 100 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.634 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.654 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 128 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.033 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.562 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 108 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.460 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 96 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.921 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 77 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.938 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 127 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 96 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 94 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 94 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.240 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 134 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 84 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 77 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.938 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 135 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
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