M1.6 earthquake 32 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 32 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Tue, May 18, 2021, 5:21 PM AKDT (01:21 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 50 km WNW of Nanwalek, 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-19 01:21:43 UTC
- Depth
- 76.7 km (47.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.720° N, 152.406° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Automatic solution, may be revised
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.
- Stations used
- 30
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 153 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.259 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 97 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.545 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.736 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 132 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 75 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.463 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 135 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.442 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.338 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.426 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 160 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.65 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.564 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 83 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.216 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
- 2.324 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 60 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.061 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 109 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.649 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 70 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.568 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 66 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.547 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 87 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.87 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 57 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.950 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 130 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 65 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.621 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 70 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.970 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.912 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 46 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.457 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 116 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.745 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 133 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.561 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 95 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.544 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 83 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.561 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 142 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.315 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 64 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
- 1.510 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 99 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.265 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 96 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.723 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 77 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.848 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 77 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 71 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 100 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.128 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 62 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.69 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.038 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 93 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.329 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 183 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.55 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.611 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.918 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.930 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 75 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.740 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 68 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.54 km SW of Homer, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 59 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 86 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.156 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 105 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.832 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 57 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.617 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 64 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.654 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 106 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.750 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 82 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 6
- 2.019 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.155 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.762 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 96 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.954 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1943 days ago · 83 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.613 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.69 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.738 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 92 km deep · 81 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 3.617 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1955 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 14
- 1.961 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 140 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1956 days ago · 108 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.752 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 90 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.064 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 93 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.756 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 109 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 87 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.049 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 100 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.79 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 57 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.111 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.837 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 144 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.025 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 73 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.611 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 62 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.742 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 120 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 101 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.557 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 99 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.640 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 136 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.041 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.563 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 115 km deep · 53 km away
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