M1.5 earthquake 36 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 36 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska on Mon, Dec 12, 2016, 2:56 AM AKST (11:56 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 11 km W of Fox River, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-12 11:56:35 UTC
- Depth
- 6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.274° N, 151.091° 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
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 142 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.937 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.098 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.246 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.716 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 61 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.311 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 2.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 72 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.060 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 53 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.631 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.837 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.633 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.833 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.832 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.640 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 70 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.159 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.37 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 73 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.521 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.627 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 55 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.56 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.017 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 61 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.156 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.914 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.67 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 72 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.744 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 77 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.928 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 89 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.72 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 62 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.055 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.633 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.836 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 80 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.541 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.130 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 72 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.539 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 83 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.539 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 69 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.649 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.010 km SSE of Homer, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 47 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.846 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.028 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 77 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.423 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.854 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 62 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.544 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.045 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.810 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.715 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 42 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.544 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 81 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 36 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3560 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.825 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 91 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.642 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.640 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.56 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 49 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.334 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.846 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 68 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.713 km ENE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.63 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.724 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 92 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.830 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of 142.
Before
- 1.545 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.515 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.738 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3585 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.54 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.732 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 68 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.143 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.832 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.832 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.150 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 41 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.526 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.88 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 52 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 78 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.72 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3591 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.941 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 53 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.72 km SW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.85 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 58 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 84 km deep · 98 km away
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