M1.6 earthquake 40 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 40 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 9:46 PM AKDT (05:46 UTC), 70 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 54 km WNW of Ninilchik, 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
- 2021-10-21 05:46:04 UTC
- Depth
- 70.3 km (43.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.725° N, 152.551° 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
- 50
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
- 2.654 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 93 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.251 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 149 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.557 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 97 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.166 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 105 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.763 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 100 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.69 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 93 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 120 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 111 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.876 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 127 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.764 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 99 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 91 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.865 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 134 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.772 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 75 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 78 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.782 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.757 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 104 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.646 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 95 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.952 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 104 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.523 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.562 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 94 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.562 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 105 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.782 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 125 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 82 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.661 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 127 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 73 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.81 km NW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.512 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.57 km NNW of Kachemak, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 53 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.447 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 93 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.566 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 86 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.255 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 107 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.320 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 151 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.063 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1754 days ago · 94 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1753 days ago · 130 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.757 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.852 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 86 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.769 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 127 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.633 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 74 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.077 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 127 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.861 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 101 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.169 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 125 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.938 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 129 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.823 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 61 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.846 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.59 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 50 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.069 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 124 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.179 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1753 days ago · 127 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.962 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 103 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 57 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.511 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 97 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.232 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 176 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.063 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 111 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.140 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 164 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.830 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 75 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.749 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 85 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.169 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.637 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1752 days ago · 86 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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