M1.6 earthquake 42 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 42 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Tue, Aug 20, 2024, 4:40 AM AKDT (12:40 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 1 km E of Homer, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-20 12:40:00 UTC
- Depth
- 68.2 km (42.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.604° N, 152.512° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 37
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.949 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 774 days ago · 109 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.473 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 774 days ago · 84 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.673 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 774 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 774 days ago · 109 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.742 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 774 days ago · 128 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.526 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 774 days ago · 79 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.549 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 774 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.763 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 774 days ago · 117 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.756 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 773 days ago · 88 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.75 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 773 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.064 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 773 days ago · 100 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.643 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 773 days ago · 134 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 773 days ago · 91 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.662 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 773 days ago · 123 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.819 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 773 days ago · 75 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 773 days ago · 78 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.045 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 772 days ago · 92 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.869 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 772 days ago · 122 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 772 days ago · 90 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.941 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 772 days ago · 123 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.670 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 772 days ago · 85 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.762 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 772 days ago · 83 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.866 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 772 days ago · 129 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 772 days ago · 79 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 772 days ago · 106 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 771 days ago · 79 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.757 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 771 days ago · 93 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.754 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 771 days ago · 77 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 771 days ago · 99 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.954 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 771 days ago · 120 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.946 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 771 days ago · 92 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.845 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 771 days ago · 114 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.938 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 771 days ago · 138 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.648 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 771 days ago · 81 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.748 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 771 days ago · 126 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 771 days ago · 95 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.58 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 771 days ago · 53 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.550 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 770 days ago · 124 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.577 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 770 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.665 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 770 days ago · 128 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.753 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 770 days ago · 124 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.141 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 770 days ago · 118 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 770 days ago · 89 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 770 days ago · 97 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 770 days ago · 99 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.760 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 770 days ago · 132 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.822 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 770 days ago · 65 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.558 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 770 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.661 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 769 days ago · 94 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.112 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 769 days ago · 48 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.765 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 769 days ago · 123 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.049 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 769 days ago · 139 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.734 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 769 days ago · 121 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.912 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 769 days ago · 56 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 769 days ago · 106 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.09 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 769 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.632 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 768 days ago · 71 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.865 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 768 days ago · 113 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 768 days ago · 113 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.56 km SSW of Fox River, Alaska · 768 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.762 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 774 days ago · 100 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.625 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 774 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.957 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 774 days ago · 85 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.444 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 774 days ago · 108 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.351 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 774 days ago · 87 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 775 days ago · 102 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.065 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 775 days ago · 105 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.950 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 776 days ago · 120 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.063 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 776 days ago · 96 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.241 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 776 days ago · 127 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 776 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.556 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 776 days ago · 98 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 776 days ago · 102 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.67 km W of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 776 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.530 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 777 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.772 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 777 days ago · 120 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.14 km NNE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 777 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.661 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 777 days ago · 110 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.88 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 777 days ago · 57 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.856 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 777 days ago · 135 km deep · 78 km away
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