Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 47 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 47 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska on Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 7:46 PM AKDT (03:46 UTC), 91 km (57 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 32 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2026-03-22 03:46:17 UTC
Depth
91.0 km (56.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
59.832° N, 152.679° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Location uncertainty
About 85.7 km horizontally, 14.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.40
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
257°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
7

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. 2.56 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 197 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.716 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 197 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.261 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 196 days ago · 117 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 1.920 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 196 days ago · 75 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 2.233 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 196 days ago · 145 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.162 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 196 days ago · 105 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 2.043 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 196 days ago · 87 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.110 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 196 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.953 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 196 days ago · 105 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 2.242 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 196 days ago · 109 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.06 km SSW of Kasilof, Alaska · 196 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.544 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 196 days ago · 83 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 2.147 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 196 days ago · 142 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 2.438 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 196 days ago · 159 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 2.244 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 196 days ago · 121 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.163 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 196 days ago · 102 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.267 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 196 days ago · 122 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 1.525 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 196 days ago · 80 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 1.97 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 196 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.723 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 196 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 2.349 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 195 days ago · 129 km deep · 31 km away
  22. 1.962 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 195 days ago · 140 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 2.857 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 195 days ago · 90 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 2.09 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 195 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 1.625 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 195 days ago · 91 km deep · 60 km away
  26. 2.254 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 195 days ago · 88 km deep · 17 km away
  27. 3.064 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 195 days ago · 99 km deep · 20 km away
  28. 2.243 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 195 days ago · 123 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 2.154 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 195 days ago · 113 km deep · 17 km away
  30. 2.444 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 195 days ago · 95 km deep · 35 km away
  31. 2.33 km SE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 195 days ago · 54 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 2.063 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 195 days ago · 119 km deep · 33 km away
  33. 1.660 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 195 days ago · 103 km deep · 12 km away
  34. 1.980 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 195 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 1.745 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 194 days ago · 115 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 2.235 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 194 days ago · 89 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 2.617 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 194 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.730 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 194 days ago · 88 km deep · 24 km away
  39. 2.06 km NNW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 194 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
  40. 1.667 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 194 days ago · 128 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 2.71 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 193 days ago · 81 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 1.863 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 193 days ago · 103 km deep · 88 km away
  43. 1.843 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 193 days ago · 83 km deep · 47 km away
  44. 1.636 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 193 days ago · 90 km deep · 17 km away
  45. 1.965 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 193 days ago · 117 km deep · 20 km away
  46. 1.938 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 193 days ago · 74 km deep · 35 km away
  47. 2.040 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 193 days ago · 82 km deep · 39 km away
  48. 1.861 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 193 days ago · 102 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 1.620 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 193 days ago · 74 km deep · 37 km away
  50. 2.353 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 193 days ago · 152 km deep · 43 km away
  51. 2.155 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 192 days ago · 96 km deep · 11 km away
  52. 1.863 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 192 days ago · 111 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 2.247 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 192 days ago · 90 km deep · 5 km away
  54. 1.631 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 192 days ago · 160 km deep · 50 km away
  55. 1.835 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 192 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 1.636 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 192 days ago · 80 km deep · 33 km away
  57. 1.814 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 192 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 1.536 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 191 days ago · 86 km deep · 84 km away
  59. 2.250 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 191 days ago · 79 km deep · 53 km away
  60. 1.529 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 191 days ago · 77 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.019 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 197 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.854 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 197 days ago · 111 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 2.961 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 197 days ago · 113 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 2.353 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 197 days ago · 123 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.055 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 197 days ago · 119 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 1.655 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 197 days ago · 100 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.844 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 197 days ago · 84 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 2.011 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 197 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 1.941 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 198 days ago · 90 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 2.316 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 198 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.048 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 198 days ago · 83 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 2.051 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 198 days ago · 98 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.760 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 198 days ago · 109 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 1.95 km ENE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 198 days ago · 57 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 1.78 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 198 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 2.559 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 198 days ago · 106 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 1.973 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 198 days ago · 130 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 2.244 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 198 days ago · 140 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 1.579 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 199 days ago · 115 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 1.850 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 199 days ago · 137 km deep · 37 km away

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