M1.6 earthquake 26 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 26 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska on Sun, Dec 11, 2016, 1:03 PM AKST (22:03 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 2016-12-11 22:03:29 UTC
- Depth
- 10.1 km (6.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.287° N, 147.849° 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
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.742 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.542 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.650 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.642 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.744 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.840 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.855 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.549 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.99 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.522 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.78 km E of Seward, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.534 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 10
- 1.822 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.334 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.539 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.556 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.727 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.627 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.655 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.89 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.727 km S of Whittier, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.541 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.126 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.927 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.839 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3556 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.842 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.620 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.936 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 1.658 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.922 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.814 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.656 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.89 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.847 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.546 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.640 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.727 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.025 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.954 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.522 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.828 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.635 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.524 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.649 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.831 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.812 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3534 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.648 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.640 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.054 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.555 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.913 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.558 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.633 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
Before
- 1.646 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3587 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.044 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.836 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.046 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.657 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.647 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.615 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.118 km W of Whittier, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.718 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.019 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.657 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.621 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.767 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.538 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.967 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.541 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.420 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 3598 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
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