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M4.0 earthquake 60 km NE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 60 km NE of Chignik, Alaska on Fri, Dec 16, 2016, 2:00 PM AKST (23:00 UTC), 90 km (56 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (ML, local (Richter)), light
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-12-16 23:00:40 UTC
Depth
90.1 km (56.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
56.618° N, 157.625° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
4.0ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
4.6mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.042 · 172 stations

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
127

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.651 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.388 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 80 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 2.512 km WSW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.944 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.859 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.5106 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 77 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.156 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 86 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 1.659 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 3.246 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 2.487 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 3.0129 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.052 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 2.056 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 53 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 1.959 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 2.645 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 2.448 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 2.048 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 92 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.874 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 1.853 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 2.468 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 2.123 km NNE of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  22. 2.452 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 2.1120 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 2.050 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 2.125 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 56 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 2.881 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 2.036 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  28. 1.745 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 1.648 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 1.747 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  31. 2.946 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  32. 2.5104 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 2.172 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 2.064 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 81 km deep · 49 km away
  35. 3.750 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  36. 3.148 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  37. 2.849 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
  38. 1.956 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 2.441 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
  40. 2.3113 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 77 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 3.156 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  42. 2.360 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  43. 2.157 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  44. 3.1114 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
  45. 1.952 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  46. 2.646 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3532 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
  47. 2.649 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 2.950 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 2.092 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 77 km deep · 51 km away
  50. 1.9115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 1.856 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  52. 1.893 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 72 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 2.651 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 2.058 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  55. 1.554 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  56. 2.057 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 82 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 2.711 km NW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 2.048 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 2.248 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  60. 2.995 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away

The first 60 of 61.

Before

  1. 2.559 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 3.771 km SE of Chignik, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.993 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.694 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 71 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 1.953 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 34 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 2.2104 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 3.437 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 57 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 1.758 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 2.360 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 2.062 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 2.555 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 3.652 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.735 km SW of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3595 days ago · 140 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.990 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 1.862 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.663 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.356 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 2.164 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 49 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 2.3109 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.945 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away

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