M1.8 earthquake 51 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 51 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Thu, Dec 8, 2022, 12:23 AM AKST (09:23 UTC), 88 km (54 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-08 09:23:00 UTC
- Depth
- 87.6 km (54.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.756° N, 152.749° 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
- 25
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
- 1.713 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 68 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.042 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 128 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 89 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.65 km W of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.630 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 74 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.744 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 79 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.66 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 68 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.860 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 102 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.727 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 81 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.56 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.272 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 81 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.967 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 108 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.246 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 111 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.857 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 94 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.860 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 93 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.614 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 1394 days ago · 118 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.934 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.155 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 118 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.73 km E of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 74 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.970 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.860 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 122 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 1394 days ago · 60 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.620 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.467 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.961 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 103 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 93 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.743 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 110 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.661 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 95 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.154 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 105 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.539 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 96 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.521 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.916 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 80 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.861 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 122 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.865 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 120 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.235 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 123 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.961 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 122 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.047 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 89 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.953 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 81 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.88 km S of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.336 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 195 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.66 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 60 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.8Southern Alaska · 1392 days ago · 69 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 2.553 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 60 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.050 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 117 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 106 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.723 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 70 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1392 days ago · 99 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.828 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 86 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.910 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 64 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.961 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 103 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.037 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.366 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 104 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.570 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 119 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.138 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 134 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.937 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 121 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.112 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 79 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 1.649 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 83 km deep · 23 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.339 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 129 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.936 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1396 days ago · 78 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.070 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 80 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.249 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 87 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.975 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 132 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.952 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 117 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.740 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 142 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.138 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 126 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.956 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 98 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.514 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 56 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.616 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 84 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 103 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.744 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 85 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.337 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 89 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 94 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.041 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 119 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 94 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.935 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 71 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.755 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 107 km deep · 21 km away
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