M3.1 earthquake 46 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 46 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sat, Apr 13, 1996, 2:54 AM AKDT (10:54 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 56 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1996-04-13 10:54:57 UTC
- Depth
- 80.2 km (49.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.331° N, 152.280° 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
- 54
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 102 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.423 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 11132 days ago · 69 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.348 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11131 days ago · 107 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.444 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11129 days ago · 159 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.412 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 11128 days ago · 52 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.312 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11128 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.042 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11127 days ago · 139 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.063 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11125 days ago · 100 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.152 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 11125 days ago · 84 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.347 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11125 days ago · 103 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.48 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 11122 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.546 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11122 days ago · 85 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.057 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 11122 days ago · 109 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.218 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 11121 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.462 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11121 days ago · 96 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.94 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 11121 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.417 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 11121 days ago · 47 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.123 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11121 days ago · 72 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.441 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 11120 days ago · 80 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.214 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11120 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.312 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 11119 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.041 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 11117 days ago · 71 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.261 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11117 days ago · 107 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.354 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11117 days ago · 110 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.547 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11116 days ago · 86 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.014 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 11113 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.538 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 11113 days ago · 73 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.214 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 11113 days ago · 72 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 11111 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.964 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11111 days ago · 101 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.821 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 11111 days ago · 81 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.744 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 11111 days ago · 81 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.28 km E of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 11110 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.459 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 11110 days ago · 84 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.050 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 11110 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.142 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11109 days ago · 88 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.820 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11108 days ago · 132 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.261 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11108 days ago · 110 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.138 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11108 days ago · 92 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.727 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 11108 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.820 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 11108 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.346 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11107 days ago · 79 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.760 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 11106 days ago · 125 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.53 km NNW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 11106 days ago · 36 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.438 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11106 days ago · 133 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.951 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 11104 days ago · 103 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.915 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 11104 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.937 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11104 days ago · 160 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.353 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11104 days ago · 120 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.140 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11103 days ago · 167 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.135 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11103 days ago · 93 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.145 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11103 days ago · 86 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.941 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11103 days ago · 78 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.660 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 11102 days ago · 107 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.951 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 11102 days ago · 87 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.54 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 11102 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.163 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 11102 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.436 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11102 days ago · 80 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.912 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 11100 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.563 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11100 days ago · 98 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.154 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11099 days ago · 124 km deep · 60 km away
The first 60 of 102.
Before
- 2.251 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11132 days ago · 124 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.857 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11133 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.713 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 11133 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.827 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 11133 days ago · 78 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.037 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 11133 days ago · 82 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.331 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11133 days ago · 70 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.436 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11134 days ago · 137 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.37 km SSE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11134 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.975 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11135 days ago · 179 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.729 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11135 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.655 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11136 days ago · 130 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.116 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 11136 days ago · 55 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.137 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11137 days ago · 141 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.451 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11137 days ago · 116 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.22 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 11137 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.356 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11138 days ago · 137 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.311 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 11138 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.615 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 11139 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.427 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11140 days ago · 126 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.835 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 11142 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
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