M1.5 earthquake 10 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 10 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 9:53 AM AKST (18:53 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 31 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-13 18:53:03 UTC
- Depth
- 69.2 km (43.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.766° N, 151.388° 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
- 23
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 161 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 63 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.87 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 91 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.719 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 63 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.639 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 68 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.511 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 47 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.652 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 86 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.079 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 115 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.863 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 109 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 79 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.619 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 67 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.814 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 66 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.771 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 114 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.826 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.823 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.968 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 118 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.637 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 80 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.518 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.513 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 60 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.949 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 93 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.515 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.542 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 83 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 64 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.13 km WSW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 56 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 1.716 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 52 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.612 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 57 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.612 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 55 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.712 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 53 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.016 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.719 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 62 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.915 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.810 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.731 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.79 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.877 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.848 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 96 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.950 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 103 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.578 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.773 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 115 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.152 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 91 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.625 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.626 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.75 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.542 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 87 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.634 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 76 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.411 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 63 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.247 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 89 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.031 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 22 · tsunami flag
- 1.534 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.741 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3604 days ago · 78 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.731 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.810 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.674 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 122 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.926 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 46 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.20 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.523 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 60 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.732 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 77 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.649 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 78 km deep · 56 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.729 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 78 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.267 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 108 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 129 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.745 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 97 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.718 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 57 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.19 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 66 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.767 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 113 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 98 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.17 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 1.55 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 63 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 98 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.65 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.218 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.622 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 60 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.961 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 112 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.69 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.75 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 120 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.111 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 81 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.552 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 88 km deep · 99 km away
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