M1.7 earthquake 48 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 48 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Thu, Dec 1, 2022, 1:22 PM AKST (22:22 UTC), 78 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 45 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-01 22:22:38 UTC
- Depth
- 78.1 km (48.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.735° N, 152.684° 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
- 19
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.12 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 58 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.086 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 144 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.528 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 75 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.030 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.561 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 97 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.059 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 98 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.562 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 91 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.767 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 109 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.030 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 122 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.651 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 116 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.555 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 77 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.657 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 97 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.836 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 79 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1402 days ago · 116 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1402 days ago · 113 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1401 days ago · 102 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.749 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 109 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 117 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.659 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 133 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.547 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 120 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.739 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 131 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1401 days ago · 79 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.534 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 79 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.023 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 83 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.76 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 60 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.751 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 117 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 107 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.657 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 102 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.345 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 98 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.659 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 120 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.551 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 86 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.639 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 88 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.767 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 83 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.845 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 143 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 88 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.528 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 64 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 86 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.112 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 157 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.613 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 100 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 76 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 118 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.91 km SW of Port Graham, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.061 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 112 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.843 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 82 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.845 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 77 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 78 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.761 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 101 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.855 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.339 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 98 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.846 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 95 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1399 days ago · 134 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.762 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 97 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.940 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 122 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.961 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 96 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.753 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 89 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.852 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 123 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 71 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 96 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.746 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 85 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.662 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 90 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.852 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 108 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.071 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 113 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.043 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 111 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.259 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 94 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.945 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 101 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.957 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 101 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.039 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 81 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.163 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 135 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.234 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 144 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.164 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 100 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.742 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1404 days ago · 72 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.854 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1404 days ago · 95 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.742 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1404 days ago · 159 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1404 days ago · 81 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.642 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1404 days ago · 87 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.912 km WNW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 1404 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.032 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1404 days ago · 133 km deep · 49 km away
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