Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 85 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 85 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska on Sun, Oct 2, 2016, 8:00 AM AKDT (16:00 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 42 km NW of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-10-02 16:00:44 UTC
Depth
64.2 km (39.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.482° N, 169.882° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9163 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.258 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 3.680 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 42 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 2.286 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 3.685 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 46 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 2.291 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 46 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 2.4103 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3644 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 2.445 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 2.527 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.623 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 4.5Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 54 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 2.765 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 2.561 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.155 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.142 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 2.199 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 2.519 km W of Nikolski, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 170 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 3.160 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 36 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 3.751 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 3.360 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 173 km deep · 31 km away
  21. 3.878 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  22. 3.7108 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 3.0121 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 4.642 km NW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 107 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 3.564 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 4.178 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  27. 3.999 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 3.0109 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  29. 2.236 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 2.543 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
  31. 3.7154 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 2.6Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3594 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away

Before

  1. 3.7143 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 3.031 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.0118 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 69 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 2.292 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 64 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 2.697 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 37 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 3.054 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 2.6121 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.481 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 2.711 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 3.670 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 2.026 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.678 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 78 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 3.9Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 3.666 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 3.882 km WNW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 3.269 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 36 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 4.0177 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.890 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 47 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 2.680 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 3.490 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away

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