M1.8 earthquake 17 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 17 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska on Wed, Apr 20, 2016, 4:29 PM AKDT (00:29 UTC), 74 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 72 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-21 00:29:39 UTC
- Depth
- 73.8 km (45.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.051° N, 151.981° 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
- 31
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.176 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 126 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.673 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 115 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.250 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 109 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.220 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.551 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 103 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.554 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 131 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.745 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 112 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.750 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 148 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.933 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 123 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.547 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 78 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.651 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 103 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.954 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 102 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.565 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 111 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.537 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 133 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 90 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.05 km N of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 59 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.645 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3818 days ago · 117 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 92 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.539 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 148 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.850 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 108 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.63 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 56 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 107 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 89 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.945 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 80 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.446 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3817 days ago · 131 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.559 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 105 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.931 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 43 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.863 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.213 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.555 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 92 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 89 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.968 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 117 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.763 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 96 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.852 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 139 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.658 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 103 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 3815 days ago · 99 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.515 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 44 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 7
- 1.938 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 124 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.832 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 73 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.614 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 69 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 103 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.615 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 54 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.153 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 110 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.21 km ENE of Soldotna, Alaska · 3815 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.78 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.253 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 110 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.115 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 63 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.842 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 85 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 99 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.444 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 152 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.058 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 103 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 49 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.523 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 66 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.364 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 103 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 111 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.450 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3814 days ago · 116 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 1.854 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 102 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 89 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.514 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.844 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 138 km deep · 81 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 3.057 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3819 days ago · 99 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.850 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 114 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.856 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 122 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 71 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.15 km ESE of Sterling, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.860 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 103 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.957 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 99 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.032 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 72 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.53 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 64 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.027 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 93 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.640 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 76 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.961 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 111 km deep · 60 km away · tsunami flag
- 3.556 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3820 days ago · 102 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.552 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 106 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 106 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 100 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.55 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.544 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 110 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.620 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 69 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.645 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3821 days ago · 160 km deep · 85 km away
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