M1.6 earthquake 56 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 56 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Sun, Dec 15, 2024, 12:54 AM AKST (09:54 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 47 km NW of Ninilchik, 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-15 09:54:02 UTC
- Depth
- 96.5 km (60.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.900° N, 152.811° 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
- 34
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.873 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 657 days ago · 106 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.668 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 657 days ago · 82 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.941 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 656 days ago · 69 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.85 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 656 days ago · 58 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.942 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 656 days ago · 132 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 656 days ago · 105 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.562 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 656 days ago · 93 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.068 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 656 days ago · 111 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.016 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 656 days ago · 53 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 1.929 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 656 days ago · 76 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.720 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 656 days ago · 69 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 656 days ago · 73 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.855 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 655 days ago · 93 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.254 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 655 days ago · 98 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.945 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 655 days ago · 84 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.929 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 655 days ago · 77 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.67 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 655 days ago · 69 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.641 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 655 days ago · 86 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.156 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 655 days ago · 98 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.341 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 654 days ago · 156 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.917 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 654 days ago · 57 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.162 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 654 days ago · 112 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.359 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 654 days ago · 109 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.061 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 654 days ago · 101 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.521 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 654 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 653 days ago · 83 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.617 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 653 days ago · 60 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.235 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 653 days ago · 125 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 653 days ago · 101 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 653 days ago · 95 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.544 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 653 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 653 days ago · 106 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.655 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 653 days ago · 90 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.649 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 653 days ago · 88 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.673 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 653 days ago · 85 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.78 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 653 days ago · 65 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 653 days ago · 89 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.875 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 653 days ago · 131 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.955 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 653 days ago · 111 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 653 days ago · 86 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.063 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 653 days ago · 116 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.547 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 652 days ago · 84 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 353 · tsunami flag
- 2.056 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 652 days ago · 79 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.242 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 652 days ago · 116 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.949 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 652 days ago · 84 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.77 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 651 days ago · 74 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.064 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 651 days ago · 93 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.623 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 651 days ago · 62 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.66 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 651 days ago · 56 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.160 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 651 days ago · 146 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.529 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 651 days ago · 81 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.730 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 651 days ago · 92 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 651 days ago · 96 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 651 days ago · 116 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.872 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 651 days ago · 116 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.867 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 651 days ago · 117 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.963 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 651 days ago · 90 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.151 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 651 days ago · 123 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.053 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 651 days ago · 97 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.134 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 651 days ago · 122 km deep · 84 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.640 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 657 days ago · 81 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.668 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 657 days ago · 111 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 657 days ago · 99 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.552 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 657 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.748 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 657 days ago · 111 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.262 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 658 days ago · 110 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.074 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 658 days ago · 94 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.552 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 658 days ago · 124 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 658 days ago · 92 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 658 days ago · 108 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 658 days ago · 104 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.610 km E of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 659 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.638 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 659 days ago · 105 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.635 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 659 days ago · 121 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 659 days ago · 98 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.537 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 659 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.832 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 659 days ago · 64 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.464 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 659 days ago · 101 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.956 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 659 days ago · 99 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.638 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 659 days ago · 77 km deep · 90 km away
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