M1.5 earthquake 42 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 42 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska on Wed, Mar 27, 2024, 5:51 AM AKDT (13:51 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 57 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-03-27 13:51:15 UTC
- Depth
- 67.2 km (41.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.391° N, 152.662° 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
- 32
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
- 1.743 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 920 days ago · 104 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.655 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 920 days ago · 108 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.446 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 920 days ago · 105 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.534 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 919 days ago · 75 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.750 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 919 days ago · 109 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 919 days ago · 87 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.670 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 919 days ago · 112 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.634 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 919 days ago · 122 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.668 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 919 days ago · 112 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.935 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 919 days ago · 126 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.538 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 919 days ago · 127 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.28 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 919 days ago · 59 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.670 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 919 days ago · 108 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.559 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 919 days ago · 95 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.557 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 918 days ago · 129 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.651 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 918 days ago · 149 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.750 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 918 days ago · 102 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.855 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 917 days ago · 121 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.854 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 917 days ago · 47 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.844 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 917 days ago · 78 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.937 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 917 days ago · 85 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.06 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 917 days ago · 78 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.838 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 917 days ago · 93 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.246 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 917 days ago · 154 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.162 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 916 days ago · 92 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.952 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 916 days ago · 98 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.233 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 916 days ago · 136 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.912 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 916 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 916 days ago · 99 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.457 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 915 days ago · 112 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.729 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 915 days ago · 50 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 915 days ago · 88 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.646 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 915 days ago · 112 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.962 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 915 days ago · 127 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 915 days ago · 80 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.739 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 915 days ago · 109 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.167 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 915 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 10 · tsunami flag
- 1.662 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 915 days ago · 100 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 915 days ago · 93 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.940 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 915 days ago · 126 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.960 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 915 days ago · 127 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.166 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 915 days ago · 141 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.721 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 915 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.839 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 914 days ago · 74 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.955 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 914 days ago · 70 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.845 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 914 days ago · 91 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 914 days ago · 100 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.960 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 914 days ago · 107 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.958 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 913 days ago · 91 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.944 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 913 days ago · 69 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.517 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 913 days ago · 53 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 913 days ago · 111 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.745 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 913 days ago · 69 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.741 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 913 days ago · 70 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.057 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 913 days ago · 97 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 1.564 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 913 days ago · 84 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 913 days ago · 70 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.644 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 913 days ago · 91 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.571 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 913 days ago · 65 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.742 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 913 days ago · 101 km deep · 50 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.656 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 920 days ago · 90 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.736 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 920 days ago · 58 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.54 km WNW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 920 days ago · 54 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.668 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 921 days ago · 69 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 921 days ago · 89 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 921 days ago · 88 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.674 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 921 days ago · 77 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.763 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 921 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.557 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 921 days ago · 77 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.643 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 921 days ago · 119 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.160 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 921 days ago · 105 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.959 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 921 days ago · 141 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.249 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 921 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.934 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 921 days ago · 88 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.070 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 922 days ago · 106 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.57 km NE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 922 days ago · 57 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.235 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 922 days ago · 68 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.063 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 922 days ago · 84 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.960 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 922 days ago · 104 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.212 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 922 days ago · 54 km deep · 54 km away
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