M1.6 earthquake 44 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 44 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska on Wed, Sep 21, 2016, 9:56 PM AKDT (05:56 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 56 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
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
- 2016-09-22 05:56:16 UTC
- Depth
- 81.1 km (50.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.452° N, 152.105° 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
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 194 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.614 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 67 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 83 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3664 days ago · 105 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.567 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 124 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.825 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 68 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.949 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 99 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.152 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 99 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.524 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 52 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3663 days ago · 103 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.621 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 70 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.552 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 88 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 99 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.410 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 83 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.938 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 132 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.144 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 86 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.257 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 101 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.038 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 119 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.249 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 97 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.742 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 121 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.51 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 81 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.87 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.850 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 83 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3661 days ago · 99 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.644 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 120 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.89 km SE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 61 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.855 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 122 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 114 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.672 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 147 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.153 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 146 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.371 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.736 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.958 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 138 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 108 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.339 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 89 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.681 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 138 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.149 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.549 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 78 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.060 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 120 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.838 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.672 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 130 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.961 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 108 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.856 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 91 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.769 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 113 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.939 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 134 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.114 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 114 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.053 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 83 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.144 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 115 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.946 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.561 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 114 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 74 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.970 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 128 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.640 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.644 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 92 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.358 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 107 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.827 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 95 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.93 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.031 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 83 km deep · 37 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.978 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 138 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.060 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 141 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 102 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.355 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 95 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 101 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 88 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 59 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.731 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 78 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.023 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 78 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.339 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 91 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.551 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 90 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.251 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 90 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.352 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 110 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.374 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 119 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.9Southern Alaska · 3667 days ago · 185 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.850 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 98 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 74 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.534 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.01 km NW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
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