M1.5 earthquake 76 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 76 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska on Tue, Aug 16, 2016, 1:16 AM AKDT (09:16 UTC), 75 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 49 km SW of Nanwalek, 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-16 09:16:46 UTC
- Depth
- 74.7 km (46.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 58.596° N, 153.730° 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
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 143 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.873 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 69 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3699 days ago · 88 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.541 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.568 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 67 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.742 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.741 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.057 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 107 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.171 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 128 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.866 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 84 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.895 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.661 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.761 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 65 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.873 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 78 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.666 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 96 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.772 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.774 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.544 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.570 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 61 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 111 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.862 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 122 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.960 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.150 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 72 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.5100 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 114 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.984 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 66 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.890 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.584 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.866 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.663 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 130 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.693 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 106 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.696 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.696 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.778 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 104 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.774 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.253 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 63 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.350 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 56 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.788 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.624 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.949 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.585 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 3679 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 3677 days ago · 77 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.387 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.972 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.766 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 64 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.539 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 67 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 3675 days ago · 66 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.051 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 59 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.344 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.876 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.981 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 86 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.965 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 118 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.886 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.350 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 54 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.782 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 83 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.785 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.584 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.973 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 118 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.877 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.979 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 95 km deep · 80 km away
The first 60 of 143.
Before
- 1.591 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 81 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.550 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 57 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.661 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 100 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.8101 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.181 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 80 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.871 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 72 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.655 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 105 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.659 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 121 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.766 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 98 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.595 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.756 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 114 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.799 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.674 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.644 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.670 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 104 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.717 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.959 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 123 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.056 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 83 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.163 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 107 km deep · 69 km away
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