M1.6 earthquake 36 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 36 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Wed, Mar 31, 2021, 6:15 PM AKDT (02:15 UTC), 76 km (47 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 50 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-01 02:15:13 UTC
- Depth
- 75.7 km (47.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.872° N, 152.450° 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
- 20
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.624 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 69 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.650 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 97 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.236 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 74 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.629 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 77 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.073 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 129 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.621 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 90 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.831 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 79 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.060 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 101 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.952 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 102 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.824 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 55 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.021 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 86 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 4
- 1.763 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 101 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.885 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.049 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.741 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 88 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.910 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 101 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 74 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.858 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 110 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 91 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 51 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.814 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.958 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 104 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.54 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 48 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 109 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 129 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.731 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 125 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.623 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 74 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.57 km NNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.03 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 70 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.756 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 105 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.838 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.644 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 88 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.139 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.55 km SE of Kenai, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.870 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 122 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.766 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 69 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.726 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 77 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.953 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 102 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 112 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.740 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 100 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.533 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 68 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.62 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 56 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 115 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.320 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 74 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.526 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 83 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 110 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.657 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 129 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.749 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 139 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 98 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.849 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 143 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.659 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 111 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 114 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.56 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.264 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 107 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.742 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 121 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.560 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 96 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 83 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.616 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 85 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.236 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 136 km deep · 57 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.149 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2004 days ago · 91 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 92 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.858 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 90 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.854 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 81 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.980 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 112 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.660 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 106 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.765 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 131 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.678 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 106 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.952 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2005 days ago · 84 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.725 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 77 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.964 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 114 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.629 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 116 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.812 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 75 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.531 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 68 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.854 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 100 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.649 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 89 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.663 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 103 km deep · 30 km away
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