Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 41 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 41 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska on Thu, May 19, 2016, 6:19 AM AKDT (14:19 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 74 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-05-19 14:19:55 UTC
Depth
9.9 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.851° N, 169.463° 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
13

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 105 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.646 km NW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 1.733 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 3.8115 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.822 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 2.3134 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 3.059 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.231 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.360 km NNW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 162 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.6133 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.5107 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.842 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 3.996 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3779 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.225 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 2.151 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 2.181 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.437 km N of Nikolski, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 102 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 2.156 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 96 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.959 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.029 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 67 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 3.990 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 1.660 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  22. 1.927 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3771 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 1.749 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 1.949 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 2.4110 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 2.049 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 1.547 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 1.951 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 1.851 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 1.750 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 1.747 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 2.163 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 34 km deep · 31 km away
  33. 2.067 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 47 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 2.9117 km WNW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 201 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 2.023 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 51 km deep · 55 km away
  36. 1.746 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  37. 2.599 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 3.147 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 4.1125 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 55 km deep · 85 km away
  40. 3.460 km NNE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 2.5104 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 2.058 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away
  43. 1.748 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 1.866 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 1.943 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  46. 1.925 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 1.982 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away
  48. 2.542 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 87 km deep · 79 km away
  49. 2.449 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 49 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 4.474 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  51. 3.948 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 52 km deep · 27 km away
  52. 2.118 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 2.798 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 2.351 km ENE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
  55. 3.494 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  56. 3.887 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
  57. 4.278 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  58. 3.481 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
  59. 2.487 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 3.987 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of 105.

Before

  1. 2.4138 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.912 km E of Nikolski, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 39 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 2.5125 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 3.966 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 4.773 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 4.165 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 2.543 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 81 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 2.668 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 44 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 2.283 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.377 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 2.161 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 2.486 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.5125 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 2.264 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.252 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 1.848 km NNE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.585 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.747 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 2.6113 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 2.245 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away

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