M1.6 earthquake 39 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 39 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska on Fri, Apr 8, 2016, 3:46 AM AKDT (11:46 UTC), 59 km (37 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 56 km SSW of Nanwalek, 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
- 2016-04-08 11:46:31 UTC
- Depth
- 59.3 km (36.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.002° N, 152.025° 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
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 151 in the 60 days after this one and 102 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.940 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 74 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.558 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 94 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.161 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 111 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.263 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3829 days ago · 107 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.870 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3828 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.777 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3828 days ago · 72 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.841 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3828 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3827 days ago · 90 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.072 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.250 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 79 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.667 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 93 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.865 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 109 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.69 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 70 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.165 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 93 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.274 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 104 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.922 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.936 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.767 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.9105 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.138 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 63 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.970 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.872 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.920 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.639 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 82 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.53 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.032 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 72 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.668 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 84 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.220 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 56 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.547 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 78 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.770 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 90 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.845 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.05 km N of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.670 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.993 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.463 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 89 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.945 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.559 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 105 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.653 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 65 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.863 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 95 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.555 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 92 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 89 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.537 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 71 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.035 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 55 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.9107 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.832 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.614 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 69 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.115 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.523 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.376 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 43 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.828 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3812 days ago · 89 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.616 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3812 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.639 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3812 days ago · 79 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3812 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.523 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 69 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.744 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 76 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.956 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 55 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 12 · tsunami flag
- 2.262 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 61 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.612 km SE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 50 km deep · 54 km away
The first 60 of 151.
Before
- 2.732 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 67 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.691 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.749 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.943 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 82 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 97 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 77 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.679 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.138 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 69 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.952 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 114 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.649 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 85 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.76 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 48 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.860 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 103 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.784 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 68 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.957 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 91 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.550 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 67 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 78 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.714 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 58 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.188 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.747 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.364 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3835 days ago · 56 km deep · 33 km away
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