M1.5 earthquake 48 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 48 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 2:45 AM AKDT (10:45 UTC), 85 km (53 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 16 km SE of Kasilof, 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-17 10:45:47 UTC
- Depth
- 85.3 km (53.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.907° N, 152.655° 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
- 36
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
- 1.657 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 746 days ago · 93 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.248 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 746 days ago · 89 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.684 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 746 days ago · 142 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.932 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 746 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.945 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 745 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.860 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 745 days ago · 106 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.136 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 745 days ago · 83 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.216 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 745 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.720 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 745 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.613 km SSW of Fox River, Alaska · 745 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.948 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 745 days ago · 88 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.129 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 745 days ago · 77 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.133 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 745 days ago · 83 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.513 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 744 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.421 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 744 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.963 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 744 days ago · 115 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.56 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 744 days ago · 69 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.962 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 744 days ago · 93 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.849 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 744 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.559 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 743 days ago · 90 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.272 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 743 days ago · 124 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.759 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 743 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 743 days ago · 113 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.745 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 743 days ago · 90 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.553 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 743 days ago · 71 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.572 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 743 days ago · 120 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.838 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 743 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.569 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 742 days ago · 117 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.945 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 742 days ago · 148 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.813 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 742 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.652 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 742 days ago · 94 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.550 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 742 days ago · 93 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.748 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 742 days ago · 120 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.738 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 742 days ago · 135 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 742 days ago · 98 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.537 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 742 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 742 days ago · 97 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.335 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 742 days ago · 137 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.561 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 742 days ago · 104 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.561 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 742 days ago · 80 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.530 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 742 days ago · 81 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.955 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 742 days ago · 105 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.650 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 742 days ago · 105 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 742 days ago · 141 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 741 days ago · 92 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.656 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 741 days ago · 91 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.959 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 741 days ago · 103 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.856 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 741 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.728 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 741 days ago · 154 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 741 days ago · 99 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.916 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 741 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 112 · tsunami flag
- 1.869 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 741 days ago · 99 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 741 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.944 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 740 days ago · 129 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.180 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 740 days ago · 130 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.235 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 740 days ago · 119 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.258 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 740 days ago · 110 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.859 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 740 days ago · 100 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.953 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 740 days ago · 89 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.860 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 740 days ago · 98 km deep · 12 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.864 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 746 days ago · 102 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.555 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 746 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 746 days ago · 75 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.066 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 747 days ago · 118 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.73 km WNW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 747 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.714 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 747 days ago · 70 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 747 days ago · 103 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.642 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 747 days ago · 83 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 747 days ago · 98 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.043 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 747 days ago · 152 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.772 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 747 days ago · 118 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.753 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 747 days ago · 116 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.019 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 747 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.854 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 747 days ago · 99 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.840 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 748 days ago · 186 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 748 days ago · 85 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 748 days ago · 94 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.945 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 748 days ago · 86 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.842 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 748 days ago · 86 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.616 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 748 days ago · 73 km deep · 37 km away
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