Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 22 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 22 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Wed, Jan 6, 2021, 1:14 PM AKST (22:14 UTC), 75 km (47 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 21 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-06 22:14:43 UTC
Depth
75.4 km (46.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
59.823° N, 152.213° 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
29

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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9Southern Alaska · 2089 days ago · 108 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 1.719 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 1.929 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 1.645 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 92 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 2.017 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 2.650 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 93 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 1.960 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 100 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 1.811 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.864 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 93 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 1.751 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 90 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.162 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 144 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.540 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 82 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 1.942 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 147 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.451 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 128 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 2.661 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 107 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 2.04 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.941 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 135 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 3.028 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 174 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.766 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 99 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 2.367 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 126 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 2.331 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 1.852 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 90 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 1.739 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 81 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 1.544 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 88 km deep · 23 km away
  25. 1.710 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 75 km deep · 57 km away
  26. 1.860 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 132 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 1.965 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 118 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 1.864 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 112 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 2.247 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 72 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 2.059 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 104 km deep · 37 km away
  31. 2.12 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 61 km deep · 21 km away
  32. 2.055 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 135 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 2.144 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 118 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 2.137 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 176 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 1.864 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 106 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 2.320 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 156 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 2.3Southern Alaska · 2085 days ago · 103 km deep · 52 km away
  38. 2.223 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 79 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 1.927 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 78 km deep · 31 km away
  40. 1.861 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 82 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 1.865 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2084 days ago · 135 km deep · 72 km away
  43. 3.447 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 80 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  44. 2.351 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 90 km deep · 39 km away
  45. 2.331 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 67 km deep · 33 km away
  46. 2.245 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 139 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 1.655 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 87 km deep · 34 km away
  48. 3.621 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 147 km deep · 84 km away
  49. 1.977 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 122 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 1.656 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 100 km deep · 45 km away
  51. 2.022 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 72 km deep · 34 km away
  52. 1.951 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 104 km deep · 55 km away
  53. 1.549 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 79 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 2.07 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 50 km deep · 76 km away
  55. 1.948 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 159 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 2.040 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 142 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 2.318 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
  58. 1.756 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 97 km deep · 41 km away
  59. 1.721 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
  60. 2.551 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 115 km deep · 57 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.644 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 92 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.942 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 163 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.67 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 60 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 1.633 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.58 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 55 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 1.923 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 1.764 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 127 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 1.631 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 85 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.561 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 94 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 1.973 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 124 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 1.936 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 136 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.059 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 94 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.959 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 108 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 1.914 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 1.973 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 124 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 1.563 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 96 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 2.419 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.967 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 110 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.07 km WSW of Fox River, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 52 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.847 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 118 km deep · 99 km away

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