Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 24 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 24 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska on Thu, Oct 13, 2016, 11:03 PM AKDT (07:03 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 32 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-10-14 07:03:32 UTC
Depth
5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.898° N, 149.722° 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: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.215 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.616 km SW of Chenega, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.613 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 57 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.66 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.716 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.924 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 1.618 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 3.532 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 5
  9. 2.410 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.99 km W of Seward, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 36 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 1.622 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.718 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.714 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.634 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 43 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 2.320 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 2.018 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.822 km E of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.08 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.69 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 1.535 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 30 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 1.718 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 2.116 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 1.523 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 1.73 km NNE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 1.518 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 2.58 km NW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 2.217 km NNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 1.921 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 1.721 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.56 km WSW of Sterling, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 1.67 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 1.631 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 3623 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 1.721 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away
  34. 2.211 km S of Sunrise, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
  35. 2.433 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
  36. 2.047 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 1.710 km E of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 2.36 km E of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3618 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 1.65 km NW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 60 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 1.616 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 2.821 km SE of Sunrise, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.629 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 1.65 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 3.19 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 1.87 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 1.511 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
  47. 1.732 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
  48. 2.08 km ESE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 1.719 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
  50. 1.531 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 1.731 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 1.79 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 43 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 1.637 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  54. 1.926 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 1.742 km E of Primrose, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  56. 3.523 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.520 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  58. 1.69 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
  59. 1.721 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  60. 3.038 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away

The first 60 of 71.

Before

  1. 1.814 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.011 km WSW of Fox River, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.811 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.514 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.811 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 3.23 km S of Kasilof, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.56 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.613 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.838 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 2.410 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.524 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.815 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.929 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 1.717 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.721 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 1.613 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.544 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.016 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.323 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak016d8eyp48 (also filed as ak14204351). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:09 PM UTC.