M1.6 earthquake 38 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 38 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Sun, Aug 29, 2021, 7:46 PM AKDT (03:46 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 58 km W of Anchor Point, 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
- 2021-08-30 03:46:01 UTC
- Depth
- 68.1 km (42.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.613° N, 152.438° 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
- 76
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.058 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 101 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.657 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 66 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.164 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 106 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.611 km E of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.736 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.846 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 136 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.951 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 119 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.167 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 119 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.941 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 124 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1810 days ago · 89 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.948 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 73 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 118 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.749 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 112 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.850 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.532 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1810 days ago · 71 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.136 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 173 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 100 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 111 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1809 days ago · 85 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.969 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 107 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.950 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 80 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.752 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 85 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.342 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 145 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.345 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 79 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.160 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 141 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.729 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 84 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.753 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 105 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 105 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 100 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.028 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 80 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.065 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 97 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 78 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.566 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 94 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.762 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 120 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.570 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 116 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.142 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 132 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.852 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 118 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.672 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 95 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.825 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 70 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.740 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 85 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.645 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 109 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.670 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 121 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.658 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 81 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.871 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 131 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.248 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 96 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.546 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.839 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 133 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.556 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 87 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.735 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 129 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.346 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 80 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.653 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.535 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.035 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 119 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 84 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.731 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 64 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.950 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 120 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.726 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 83 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.169 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 90 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.679 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 72 km deep · 78 km away
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