M2.4 earthquake 14 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 14 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska on Tue, Oct 11, 2016, 12:45 AM AKDT (08:45 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 52 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-11 08:45:16 UTC
- Depth
- 52.2 km (32.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.230° N, 151.939° 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
- 33
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 119 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.859 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 100 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.127 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 84 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.160 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 101 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 97 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.662 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 96 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.733 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 68 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.751 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 77 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 3642 days ago · 104 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.04 km NE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 14 · tsunami flag
- 1.958 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 98 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 103 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.555 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 93 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.27 km N of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.633 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 72 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.876 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.742 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 97 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.757 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 98 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.91 km SW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.957 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 88 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.961 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 109 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.613 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.637 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 73 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.836 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 46 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.762 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 97 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 102 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 88 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.822 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 52 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.936 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 42 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.716 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.924 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.976 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 41 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.058 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 101 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 105 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.27 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.410 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.245 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 68 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.528 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 85 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.453 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 105 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.064 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.449 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 95 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.941 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 78 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.549 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 107 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.629 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.080 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.071 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 69 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 101 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.155 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 99 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 87 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.754 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 93 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 96 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.956 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 101 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.951 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 108 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.714 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 60 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 93 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.915 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 67 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.757 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 104 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.524 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.860 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 109 km deep · 99 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.254 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 106 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.011 km WSW of Fox River, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 102 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.857 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 101 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.731 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 57 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 1.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 101 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.839 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 76 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.822 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 59 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.867 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 50 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.912 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 58 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.644 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 81 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.979 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 88 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.555 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 103 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.847 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 51 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 118 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.743 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 112 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.564 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 103 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.811 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.755 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 111 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.826 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 78 km deep · 83 km away
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