M1.6 earthquake 64 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 64 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 8:31 AM AKST (17:31 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 58 km E of Port Alsworth, 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
- 2021-12-16 17:31:16 UTC
- Depth
- 110.8 km (68.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.000° N, 152.890° 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
- 31
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.142 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 115 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.542 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 81 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 105 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.052 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 88 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.579 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 133 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 94 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.853 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 98 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.514 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 68 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.945 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 163 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 114 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 97 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.719 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 163 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 104 · tsunami flag
- 1.630 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1741 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1740 days ago · 123 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.543 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1740 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 101 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.716 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.814 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.254 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 103 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.957 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 98 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.862 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 145 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 103 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.875 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 169 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 65 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.556 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1740 days ago · 95 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 1740 days ago · 103 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1739 days ago · 77 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1739 days ago · 107 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 93 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.548 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 84 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.640 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 72 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.762 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 137 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 118 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.51 km NNW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.663 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 100 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.666 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1739 days ago · 119 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.936 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 79 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.763 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 98 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.957 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 141 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.758 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 94 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.847 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 80 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.848 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 84 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.958 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 151 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1,888 · tsunami flag
- 1.957 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 151 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.748 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 126 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.634 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1738 days ago · 75 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.35 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.750 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 110 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1737 days ago · 89 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.133 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 71 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.940 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 196 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.848 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 153 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.823 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.577 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 141 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.732 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 81 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.556 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1737 days ago · 102 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1737 days ago · 175 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.551 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 83 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1736 days ago · 101 km deep · 49 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.523 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 74 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.660 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 96 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.562 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 95 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.957 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 117 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.545 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 104 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.773 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 121 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.847 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 131 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.657 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 82 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.726 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 127 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.464 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 105 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.869 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 133 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 92 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.666 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 114 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.850 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 143 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.748 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 127 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.763 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1744 days ago · 105 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.644 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 84 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 96 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.622 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.062 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 142 km deep · 25 km away
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