M1.9 earthquake 65 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 65 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Sun, May 1, 2016, 8:37 AM AKDT (16:37 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 72 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-05-01 16:37:00 UTC
- Depth
- 114.3 km (71.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.939° N, 152.382° 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
- 35
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 152 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.847 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 77 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.772 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 130 km deep · 98 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.939 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 99 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.68 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.656 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 86 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3807 days ago · 131 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.721 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 84 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.57 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.755 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 106 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.451 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 107 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.963 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 122 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.672 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 129 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.466 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 123 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.840 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 83 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.747 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 115 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.755 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 97 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.268 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 113 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.547 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 82 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 114 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 94 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.971 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 111 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.640 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.214 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3804 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.668 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 124 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.569 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 138 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.540 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.162 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 141 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 97 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.519 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.651 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.772 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 116 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.671 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 118 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.751 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 99 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.810 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 111 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.532 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 74 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.822 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 77 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.565 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 100 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.550 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 95 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.841 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 97 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.233 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 90 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.312 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 67 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.965 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 112 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.527 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 76 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.89 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.554 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 96 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.063 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 118 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.015 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 85 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 106 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 85 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.541 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.680 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 148 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.522 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.611 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.829 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 74 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 85 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.920 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.718 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.724 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.51 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 68 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.026 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 56 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.620 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.640 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 79 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.165 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 163 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.877 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 128 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.737 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 86 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.629 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 74 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.846 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.036 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 77 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.528 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.421 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 83 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.641 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 89 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.871 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 119 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.822 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 80 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.650 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 85 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.519 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.8Southern Alaska · 3811 days ago · 79 km deep · 59 km away
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