Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 99 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 99 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska on Wed, May 4, 2016, 10:38 PM AKDT (06:38 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 78 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-05-05 06:38:03 UTC
Depth
25.3 km (15.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.060° N, 168.566° 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: 102 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.274 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.374 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 3.585 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 2.245 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 54 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.6113 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.1104 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.252 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.394 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.264 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.486 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 2.161 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 2.377 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 2.283 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 5.478 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 2.668 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 2.186 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 3.392 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 4.088 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 2.199 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 3.3100 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 3.392 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  22. 2.0109 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 2.0111 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 2.184 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 2.197 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 2.296 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 2.095 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  28. 3.390 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
  29. 2.386 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 72 km deep · 51 km away
  30. 4.165 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 3.577 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  32. 4.773 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  33. 2.2107 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  34. 3.989 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
  35. 3.966 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 65 km deep · 33 km away
  36. 2.2101 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  37. 2.6100 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 2.192 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  39. 4.296 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  40. 2.194 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  41. 2.2106 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
  42. 2.599 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  43. 2.096 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 41 km deep · 9 km away
  44. 1.733 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 3.8115 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  46. 1.822 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 3.059 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  48. 2.231 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 2.5107 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  50. 2.4127 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  51. 1.842 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 3.996 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3779 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 2.6127 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
  54. 2.225 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
  55. 2.8158 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  56. 2.181 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away
  57. 3.9106 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
  58. 2.029 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 67 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 2.683 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 3.990 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of 102.

Before

  1. 2.189 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 38 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 1.542 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.948 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.913 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 1.955 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 2.297 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.779 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 2.689 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.587 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 4.388 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.732 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 3.168 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 3.786 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 2.786 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 2.126 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.7122 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.975 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 3.145 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 2.640 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.153 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3822 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away

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