M1.5 earthquake 34 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 34 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Mon, Nov 15, 2021, 4:22 PM AKST (01:22 UTC), 78 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 58 km E of Port Alsworth, 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
- 2021-11-16 01:22:47 UTC
- Depth
- 78.2 km (48.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.612° N, 152.348° 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
- 35
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
- 1.954 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 98 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 83 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.565 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 103 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.562 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 89 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.882 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.433 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 137 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1776 days ago · 104 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.673 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 118 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 116 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 110 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.952 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 154 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.258 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 120 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 81 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.136 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 123 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 97 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.045 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 83 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.169 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 110 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.138 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 95 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.057 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 121 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.238 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 117 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.034 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 131 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 98 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.862 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 136 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.714 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.661 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 102 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.866 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 94 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.051 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 52 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.969 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 133 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.434 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 117 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.035 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 135 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.641 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 90 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 87 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.872 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 112 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 1773 days ago · 109 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.528 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 77 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.733 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 68 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 118 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.944 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 78 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.842 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 86 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.850 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 116 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.638 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 118 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.613 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.144 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 86 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.842 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 92 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 111 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 105 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.860 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 1.622 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 78 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.541 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 72 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.155 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.455 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 88 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.637 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 93 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.843 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 97 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.950 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 129 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.01 km NE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1771 days ago · 58 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 89 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.529 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 65 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 105 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 79 km deep · 5 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.656 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 101 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.845 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 91 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 90 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.641 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 70 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.761 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 99 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.752 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 108 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.65 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.149 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 75 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.665 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 64 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 111 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.5Southern Alaska · 1777 days ago · 126 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.854 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 98 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.639 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 73 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1778 days ago · 63 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.260 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 98 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 95 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.737 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 122 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.039 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 149 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.558 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 99 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.58 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1778 days ago · 76 km deep · 53 km away
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