M1.6 earthquake 29 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 29 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Sun, Oct 20, 2024, 1:30 AM AKDT (09:30 UTC), 60 km (37 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 62 km NW of Ninilchik, 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
- 2024-10-20 09:30:08 UTC
- Depth
- 59.7 km (37.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.656° N, 152.288° 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
- 29
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
- 2.09 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 711 days ago · 47 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.656 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 711 days ago · 74 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.556 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 711 days ago · 96 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.959 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 711 days ago · 107 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.656 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 711 days ago · 114 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.653 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 711 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.545 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 711 days ago · 90 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.560 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 711 days ago · 95 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.650 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 710 days ago · 82 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.045 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 710 days ago · 86 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.744 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 710 days ago · 108 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.943 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 710 days ago · 179 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 710 days ago · 91 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.623 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 710 days ago · 56 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.556 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 710 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.755 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 710 days ago · 102 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 710 days ago · 114 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.63 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 710 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.761 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 710 days ago · 99 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.557 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 710 days ago · 90 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.768 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 710 days ago · 134 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 710 days ago · 100 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.362 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 710 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.639 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 710 days ago · 92 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.612 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 710 days ago · 55 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.214 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 710 days ago · 53 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 709 days ago · 104 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.767 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 709 days ago · 79 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.059 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 709 days ago · 96 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.730 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 709 days ago · 68 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.949 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 709 days ago · 81 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.865 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 709 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.246 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 709 days ago · 93 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.860 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 708 days ago · 94 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 708 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.949 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 708 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 708 days ago · 72 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.956 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 708 days ago · 78 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.237 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 708 days ago · 118 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.051 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 708 days ago · 71 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 708 days ago · 87 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.831 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 708 days ago · 68 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.840 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 708 days ago · 83 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.738 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 708 days ago · 127 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.854 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 708 days ago · 101 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.756 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 708 days ago · 119 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.762 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 708 days ago · 94 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.752 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 707 days ago · 88 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.140 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 707 days ago · 143 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.857 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 707 days ago · 91 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 707 days ago · 100 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.760 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 707 days ago · 124 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.666 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 707 days ago · 100 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.817 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 707 days ago · 49 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.067 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 707 days ago · 112 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 707 days ago · 96 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.746 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 707 days ago · 107 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.866 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 707 days ago · 109 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.665 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 707 days ago · 99 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.530 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 707 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.662 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 711 days ago · 100 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 711 days ago · 98 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.66 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 711 days ago · 61 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.853 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 711 days ago · 79 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.863 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 711 days ago · 118 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.868 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 711 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 711 days ago · 83 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.055 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 711 days ago · 90 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.058 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 712 days ago · 112 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.62 km ESE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 712 days ago · 53 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.753 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 712 days ago · 84 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.043 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 712 days ago · 74 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 712 days ago · 99 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.260 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 712 days ago · 97 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 712 days ago · 93 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.041 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 712 days ago · 91 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.711 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 712 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 712 days ago · 95 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 712 days ago · 77 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.834 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 712 days ago · 81 km deep · 6 km away
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