Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 51 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 51 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Mon, Mar 8, 2021, 10:12 AM AKST (19:12 UTC), 76 km (47 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 41 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-03-08 19:12:11 UTC
Depth
76.1 km (47.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
59.610° N, 152.682° 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
45

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. 3.150 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 91 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 1.758 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 98 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 1.533 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 130 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 2.346 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 177 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 1.840 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 77 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 1.567 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 111 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 1.765 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 96 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.439 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 174 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.569 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 123 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.759 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 90 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 2.134 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 128 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.548 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 80 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 1.753 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 76 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 1.862 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 93 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 1.64 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 54 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 2.042 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 89 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 1.838 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 78 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.060 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 129 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 2.044 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 101 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 70 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 2.831 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 70 km deep · 22 km away
  22. 2.380 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 1.613 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 1.837 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 71 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 2.05 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 2.447 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 119 km deep · 42 km away
  27. 1.964 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 118 km deep · 60 km away
  28. 1.948 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 75 km deep · 31 km away
  29. 1.724 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 3.841 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 83 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 14
  31. 1.869 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 104 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 1.831 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 84 km deep · 21 km away
  33. 1.547 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 91 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 1.540 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 77 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 2.236 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 132 km deep · 50 km away
  36. 1.937 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 127 km deep · 46 km away
  37. 2.058 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 113 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 2.273 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 130 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 1.763 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 108 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2021 days ago · 93 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 1.686 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 1.64 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 63 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 1.768 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 126 km deep · 69 km away
  44. 2.355 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 102 km deep · 31 km away
  45. 1.658 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 1.627 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 69 km deep · 92 km away
  47. 1.533 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 84 km deep · 28 km away
  48. 1.860 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 103 km deep · 15 km away
  49. 1.958 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 93 km deep · 35 km away
  50. 1.543 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 127 km deep · 42 km away
  51. 1.842 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 135 km deep · 56 km away
  52. 2.950 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 161 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 1.746 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 104 km deep · 11 km away
  54. 1.638 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 1.86 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away
  56. 1.755 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 95 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.736 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
  58. 1.768 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 111 km deep · 58 km away
  59. 1.741 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 98 km deep · 22 km away
  60. 2.248 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 98 km deep · 10 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.657 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 103 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 1.666 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 104 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 1.640 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 132 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.762 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 127 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.661 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 100 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 129 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.775 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 75 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.955 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 124 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.644 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 79 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 1.768 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 114 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 3.029 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 73 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.352 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 147 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.759 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 115 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 1.762 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 102 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 1.655 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 99 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 1.569 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 118 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 1.743 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 75 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.637 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 132 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 2.1Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 60 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 2.055 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 86 km deep · 95 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak021334e300. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 1:25 PM UTC.