M1.8 earthquake 45 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 45 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sat, Sep 17, 2016, 2:16 AM AKDT (10:16 UTC), 75 km (47 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 4 km NE of Anchor Point, 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-17 10:16:04 UTC
- Depth
- 75.0 km (46.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.354° N, 152.726° 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
- 43
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 188 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.656 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 120 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 63 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.869 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 114 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 99 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 105 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.549 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 154 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.258 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 100 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.936 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 127 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.757 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 83 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.765 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 135 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.255 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 84 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.850 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 100 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.550 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.968 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 121 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.953 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 74 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.351 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 147 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.569 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 125 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.877 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.01 km NW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 44 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.534 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 81 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 74 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.657 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 105 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.743 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 66 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.352 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 110 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.132 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 132 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.251 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 90 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.551 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 90 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 88 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 101 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.934 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 123 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 102 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.060 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 141 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.549 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 62 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 1.740 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 122 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3665 days ago · 116 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.878 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.127 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 60 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.162 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 116 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.691 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.567 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 124 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.744 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 75 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.825 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.152 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 99 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3664 days ago · 103 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.662 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 92 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 99 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.410 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 83 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.938 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 132 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.257 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 101 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.038 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 119 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.249 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 97 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.742 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 121 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.87 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3662 days ago · 99 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.644 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 120 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.766 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 60 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.89 km SE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.855 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 122 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 114 km deep · 93 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.662 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 102 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.584 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.785 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.947 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.533 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 61 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.758 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 105 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.75 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 58 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.140 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 117 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.255 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 106 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.047 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 108 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 85 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.830 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 85 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.844 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 76 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.862 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 105 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.846 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 75 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.841 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 128 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.625 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 60 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.561 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 97 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.876 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.561 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 101 km deep · 56 km away
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