M1.5 earthquake 40 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 40 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Thu, Jan 7, 2021, 6:29 PM AKST (03:29 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 21 km SSE of Port Graham, 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
- 2021-01-08 03:29:04 UTC
- Depth
- 82.2 km (51.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.761° N, 152.558° 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
- 32
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
- 1.942 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 147 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.451 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 128 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.661 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 107 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.04 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.941 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 135 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.028 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 174 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 99 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.367 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 126 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.331 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 72 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.852 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 90 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.739 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 81 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 88 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.710 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 75 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.860 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 132 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 118 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 112 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.247 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 72 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.059 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 104 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.12 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 61 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.055 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 135 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.144 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 118 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.137 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 176 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 106 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.320 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 156 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 2085 days ago · 103 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.927 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 78 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.865 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2084 days ago · 135 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.447 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 80 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 1.975 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 75 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.351 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 90 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.331 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 67 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.245 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 139 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 87 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.621 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 147 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.977 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 122 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 100 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.022 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 72 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.951 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 104 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.07 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.948 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 159 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.040 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 142 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 97 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.721 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.551 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 115 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.68 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 53 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.88 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.97 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 58 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.948 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 148 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 93 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.668 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 112 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 105 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.873 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 126 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 116 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.863 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 98 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.554 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 91 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.644 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 99 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.070 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 116 km deep · 45 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.162 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 144 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.751 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 90 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 93 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.811 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.960 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 100 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.650 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 93 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.017 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 59 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 92 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.929 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.719 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 58 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.9Southern Alaska · 2089 days ago · 108 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.822 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 75 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.975 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 84 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.644 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.942 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 163 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.67 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 60 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.58 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.923 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.764 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 127 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.561 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 94 km deep · 23 km away
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