M1.6 earthquake 65 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 65 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Tue, Apr 6, 2021, 10:01 AM AKDT (18:01 UTC), 114 km (71 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
- 2021-04-06 18:01:11 UTC
- Depth
- 114.0 km (70.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.980° N, 152.921° 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
- 26
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
- 1.56 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.264 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 107 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.742 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 121 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.560 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 96 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 83 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.236 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 136 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.747 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 119 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.649 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 84 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.854 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 93 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.78 km N of Port Graham, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 56 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.335 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 131 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.744 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 116 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.532 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 71 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.541 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 88 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.546 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 142 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 1.865 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 124 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.140 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 128 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.569 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 112 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.679 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 120 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 91 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.865 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 117 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.545 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 97 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.857 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 128 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.935 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 124 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 106 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.932 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 84 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.939 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 130 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.656 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 143 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
- 1.728 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.764 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 110 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.952 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 94 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.242 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 79 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.065 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 114 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.938 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 86 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.567 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 96 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.968 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 112 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.521 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.831 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.869 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 124 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.564 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 106 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.837 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 122 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.846 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 122 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.142 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.618 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.839 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 89 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.040 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 84 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.844 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 82 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.062 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 94 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.547 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 86 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.724 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 88 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.255 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 102 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.360 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 106 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 103 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.158 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 102 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.742 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 131 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.954 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 123 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 77 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.559 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 99 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.952 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 99 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 99 km deep · 45 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.659 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 111 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.849 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 143 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 98 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.749 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 139 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.657 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 129 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 110 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.526 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 83 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.320 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 115 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.62 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 56 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.533 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.740 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 100 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 112 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.953 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 102 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.726 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 77 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.870 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 122 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.644 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 88 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.838 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.756 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 105 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.03 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
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