M1.6 earthquake 45 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 45 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska on Sat, Nov 12, 2016, 4:40 AM AKST (13:40 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 34 km NNE of Whittier, 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-12 13:40:55 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.445° N, 147.728° 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
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 79 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.014 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.620 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.55 km SSW of Girdwood, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.75 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.841 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.736 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.556 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.139 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.237 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.639 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.643 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3606 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.552 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.531 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.742 km E of Primrose, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.755 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.656 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.541 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.520 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.651 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.038 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.531 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.052 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.835 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.420 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.541 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.967 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.538 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.767 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.621 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.657 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.019 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.718 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.118 km W of Whittier, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.615 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.217 km NNE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.647 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.514 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.657 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.046 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.836 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.044 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3587 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.646 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.626 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.742 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.542 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.650 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.614 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.642 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.744 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.840 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.855 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.737 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.549 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.99 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.522 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
The first 60 of 79.
Before
- 1.747 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.619 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.821 km SE of Sunrise, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.616 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.56 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3617 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.056 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.714 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.549 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.211 km S of Sunrise, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.539 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.217 km NNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.640 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3626 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3626 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.523 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.623 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.676 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.69 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
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