M1.5 earthquake 65 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 65 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 11:56 AM AKDT (19:56 UTC), 112 km (69 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-20 19:56:48 UTC
- Depth
- 111.7 km (69.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.020° N, 152.903° 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
- 34
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 93 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.662 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 91 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 108 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 116 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.78 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 105 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.851 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 101 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.845 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.850 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 132 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 98 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.524 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.947 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 82 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.664 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 102 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.548 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 117 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.259 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 99 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.563 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 100 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 92 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.818 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.811 km NNE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 167 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.053 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 103 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 106 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 83 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.166 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 99 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.539 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 116 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 106 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.570 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 106 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.846 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 162 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.663 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 128 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.143 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 86 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.541 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 89 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.254 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 103 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.542 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 77 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.973 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 131 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.517 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 69 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.559 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 146 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.552 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 109 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1979 days ago · 150 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.643 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 145 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.739 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 113 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.021 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 65 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.950 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 105 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 109 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.519 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.045 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 122 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.648 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 147 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 84 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.533 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 130 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.567 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 70 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.054 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 90 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.247 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 84 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.160 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 105 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.857 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 98 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.613 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 123 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 109 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 98 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 75 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.033 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 154 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.743 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 103 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.963 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 117 km deep · 12 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.634 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 130 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.459 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 95 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 97 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 64 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.639 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 86 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.547 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 123 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.753 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 101 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.569 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 105 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.02 km SE of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 53 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.669 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 96 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.525 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 78 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.513 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.461 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 126 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.065 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.876 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 121 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.538 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 76 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.169 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 137 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.364 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 98 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.684 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 134 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.524 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 137 km deep · 76 km away
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