M1.6 earthquake 43 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 43 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska on Tue, Feb 16, 2016, 5:07 PM AKST (02:07 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 57 km ESE of Pedro Bay, 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
- 2016-02-17 02:07:14 UTC
- Depth
- 56.4 km (35.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.971° N, 152.054° 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: 184 in the 60 days after this one and 151 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.865 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3882 days ago · 94 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.16 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3882 days ago · 52 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.658 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3882 days ago · 93 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.531 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3882 days ago · 68 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.859 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3881 days ago · 107 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.850 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3881 days ago · 56 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.666 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3881 days ago · 91 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.537 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3881 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.743 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3881 days ago · 88 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.743 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 71 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.063 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 92 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.741 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 58 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.744 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.857 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 76 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3880 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.055 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 122 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.310 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.880 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 73 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.641 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 78 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.057 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 58 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.958 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 113 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.246 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.63 km SSE of Homer, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 49 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.958 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 114 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.652 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 86 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.94 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3875 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.462 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.372 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3874 days ago · 73 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.082 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.243 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 67 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.155 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.048 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.149 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 100 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.718 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.545 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 86 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.89 km E of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 52 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 63 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.922 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3870 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.457 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 104 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.956 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 102 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.163 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 102 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 102 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 106 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.639 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 82 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.635 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 75 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.041 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 76 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.850 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3868 days ago · 82 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.611 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 57 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.442 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.58 km ENE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3866 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.644 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3865 days ago · 73 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.972 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3865 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.633 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3865 days ago · 63 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.712 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3865 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.956 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 111 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.878 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.347 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.745 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.143 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3863 days ago · 74 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of 184.
Before
- 1.639 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 76 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.261 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 107 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.653 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 77 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.6104 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.258 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 100 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3885 days ago · 66 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.960 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 92 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.369 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.957 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3885 days ago · 89 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.766 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 66 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.156 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 58 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.859 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 86 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3886 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.649 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.665 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 78 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.614 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 70 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 55 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.862 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 108 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.519 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3887 days ago · 80 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.057 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3888 days ago · 117 km deep · 96 km away
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