M2.3 earthquake 56 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 56 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Wed, Jan 10, 1996, 9:42 AM AKST (18:42 UTC), 102 km (63 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 50 km E of Pedro Bay, 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1996-01-10 18:42:56 UTC
- Depth
- 102.1 km (63.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.232° N, 152.609° 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
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.859 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11225 days ago · 111 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.719 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11225 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.236 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11224 days ago · 81 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.561 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11223 days ago · 110 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.35 km SW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11222 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.159 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11222 days ago · 128 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.067 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11221 days ago · 129 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.417 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11221 days ago · 67 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.33 km SW of Soldotna, Alaska · 11220 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.231 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 11220 days ago · 73 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.82 km SSE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 11220 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.035 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11220 days ago · 86 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11220 days ago · 102 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.718 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11220 days ago · 66 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.178 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11219 days ago · 144 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.346 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11219 days ago · 145 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.316 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11219 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.544 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 11218 days ago · 73 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.528 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 11217 days ago · 69 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.947 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11217 days ago · 78 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.438 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11217 days ago · 75 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.23 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11217 days ago · 60 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.436 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 11215 days ago · 86 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.661 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11212 days ago · 134 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.957 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11212 days ago · 93 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.946 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11211 days ago · 85 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 11211 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.146 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11210 days ago · 125 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.965 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 11209 days ago · 100 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.365 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 11209 days ago · 92 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.210 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 11209 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.760 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 11208 days ago · 106 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.87 km SSW of Soldotna, Alaska · 11208 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.914 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 11208 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.846 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11207 days ago · 100 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.916 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 11205 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.89 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 11205 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.222 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11204 days ago · 133 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.220 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 11204 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.845 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 11203 days ago · 83 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.052 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 11203 days ago · 106 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.580 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11201 days ago · -1 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.559 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11200 days ago · 99 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.048 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11200 days ago · 121 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.534 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 11199 days ago · 64 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.735 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11199 days ago · 123 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 11199 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.26 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 11197 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.837 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11197 days ago · 73 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.661 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 11197 days ago · 87 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.829 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 11196 days ago · 85 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.316 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11196 days ago · 67 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.514 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11195 days ago · 77 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.160 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11195 days ago · 123 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.012 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11195 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.719 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11194 days ago · 66 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.755 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11194 days ago · 143 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.665 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 11194 days ago · 115 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.160 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11194 days ago · 123 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.94 km NE of Salamatof, Alaska · 11194 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away
The first 60 of 101.
Before
- 2.046 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 11226 days ago · 95 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.868 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 11227 days ago · 140 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.327 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11227 days ago · 71 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.344 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11228 days ago · 125 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.311 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 11229 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.119 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 11230 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.264 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 11231 days ago · 98 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.267 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11231 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.351 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11231 days ago · 92 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.038 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11231 days ago · 78 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.459 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 11231 days ago · 90 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.06 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 11232 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.828 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 11233 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.028 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 11233 days ago · 55 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.236 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 11233 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.639 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11234 days ago · 114 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.254 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 11234 days ago · 93 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.023 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 11235 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.18 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 11235 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.563 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 11235 days ago · 132 km deep · 34 km away
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