M1.5 earthquake 18 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 18 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Sat, Jan 18, 2020, 2:02 PM AKST (23:02 UTC), 75 km (47 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-18 23:02:55 UTC
- Depth
- 75.0 km (46.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.736° N, 152.157° 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
- 25
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
- 2.147 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 119 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.781 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.849 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.549 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 80 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.933 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 75 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.462 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 103 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 94 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.650 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 87 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
- 2.159 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 115 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.642 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 127 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.140 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 82 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.562 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 98 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.661 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 77 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 109 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.762 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 102 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2448 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.545 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 158 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.435 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.060 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 125 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.648 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 118 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.967 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 93 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.537 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 101 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2447 days ago · 123 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.860 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 109 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.070 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 123 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.613 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 75 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.758 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 91 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.13 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 189 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.353 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 100 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.523 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 59 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.824 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 74 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.738 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 78 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2446 days ago · 131 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.332 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
- 1.650 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 77 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.583 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 118 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.163 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 95 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.750 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 115 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.147 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 108 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.518 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.858 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 129 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.964 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 120 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.859 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 83 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.761 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 67 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.659 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 97 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.845 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 164 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.88 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 58 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.369 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 88 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.036 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 124 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.429 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.034 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 75 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.557 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 101 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 52 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.840 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 86 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.162 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 109 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 92 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.849 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 133 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.663 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 102 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.529 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.663 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 104 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.759 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 101 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 89 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.628 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.56 km SSW of Homer, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 55 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.568 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 77 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.525 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 52 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 97 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.057 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 53 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 90 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.050 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2453 days ago · 65 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.650 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 81 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 92 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 98 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.163 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 98 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.851 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 121 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 82 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.261 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 101 km deep · 45 km away
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