M1.7 earthquake 52 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 52 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Wed, Oct 6, 2021, 1:58 PM AKDT (21:58 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.8 63 km ESE of Pedro Bay, 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-06 21:58:59 UTC
- Depth
- 79.3 km (49.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.711° N, 152.757° 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
- 60
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
- 1.863 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 111 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.665 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.149 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 75 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.65 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.752 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 108 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.761 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 99 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.641 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 70 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 90 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.845 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 91 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.656 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 101 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.534 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 78 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.954 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 98 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 83 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.565 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 103 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.562 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 89 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.433 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 137 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1772 days ago · 104 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.673 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 118 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 116 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 110 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.952 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 154 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.258 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 120 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 81 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.136 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 123 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 97 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.045 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 83 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.341 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 176 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.169 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 110 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.138 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 95 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.057 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 121 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.238 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 117 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.034 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 131 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 98 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.862 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 136 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.714 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 73 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.661 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 102 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.866 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 94 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.051 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.969 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 133 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.434 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 117 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.035 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 135 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.641 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 90 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 87 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.872 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1769 days ago · 112 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 1769 days ago · 109 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.528 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 77 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.733 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 68 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 118 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.944 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 78 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.842 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 86 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.850 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 116 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.638 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 118 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.613 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 63 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.144 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 86 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.842 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 92 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 111 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 105 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.860 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 1.622 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1767 days ago · 78 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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