M2.4 earthquake 52 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 52 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Sun, Jan 8, 2023, 3:46 PM AKST (00:46 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 51 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
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-09 00:46:41 UTC
- Depth
- 87.3 km (54.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.617° N, 152.718° 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
- 76
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
- 1.839 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 104 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 100 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.265 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 95 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.952 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 80 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.942 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 73 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.659 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 123 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.465 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 97 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 106 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.862 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 99 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.542 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 87 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.864 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 107 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.256 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 79 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.238 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 115 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 110 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.462 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 111 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.226 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 50 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1363 days ago · 93 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 1363 days ago · 75 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.231 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 114 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.144 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.860 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 112 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.525 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.971 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 123 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.952 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 72 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.256 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 126 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.635 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 82 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.444 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 169 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.915 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 81 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 96 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.567 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 83 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.831 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 78 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 86 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.842 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 140 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.829 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 154 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 98 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.830 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 132 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.5Southern Alaska · 1362 days ago · 112 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.956 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 113 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.436 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 97 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.544 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 83 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.856 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 132 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 113 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 94 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.638 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 71 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 117 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.142 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 116 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 106 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.667 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 122 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.948 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 122 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 82 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.666 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 106 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.852 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 98 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 105 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.357 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 101 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.844 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 71 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.960 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 139 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.851 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 53 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 110 km deep · 46 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.555 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 83 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.134 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 62 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.059 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 101 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.757 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.646 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 88 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.565 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1365 days ago · 112 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 1365 days ago · 143 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.865 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 111 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.614 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.561 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 75 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.147 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 117 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.6Southern Alaska · 1366 days ago · 113 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.043 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 130 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.853 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 107 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1366 days ago · 141 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 97 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.663 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 95 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.639 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 91 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.347 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 162 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.749 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1366 days ago · 97 km deep · 47 km away
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