M1.6 earthquake 41 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 41 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Fri, Apr 29, 2016, 9:00 PM AKDT (05:00 UTC), 89 km (55 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-30 05:00:39 UTC
- Depth
- 88.6 km (55.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.305° N, 152.204° 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
- 25
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
- 1.651 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 104 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.915 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.165 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 104 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.152 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 108 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.421 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 83 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.112 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 80 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 103 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.256 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 106 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.715 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.920 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 80 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.160 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 115 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.629 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 74 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.961 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 104 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 100 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.877 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 128 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.928 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 54 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.659 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 98 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.128 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.849 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 112 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.165 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 163 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.640 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 79 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.620 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.56 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 114 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.75 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.772 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 130 km deep · 48 km away · tsunami flag
- 3.46 km NE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 56 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
- 1.648 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 108 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.160 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 99 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 3.160 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 104 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.939 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 99 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.948 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 129 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3808 days ago · 122 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.68 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3807 days ago · 131 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.721 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 84 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.27 km WSW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.667 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 116 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 99 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.849 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 112 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.615 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.755 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 106 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 87 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.451 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 107 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.963 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 122 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.629 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 69 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.672 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 129 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 98 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.560 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 108 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.466 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 123 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.743 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 76 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.840 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 83 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.755 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 97 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.852 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 83 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.268 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 113 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 3805 days ago · 97 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.846 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 129 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.659 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 95 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.745 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 108 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.716 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 58 km deep · 91 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.871 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 119 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.861 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 103 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.561 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 101 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.738 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 123 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.822 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 80 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.650 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 85 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.519 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 69 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.046 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 113 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.663 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 102 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.8Southern Alaska · 3811 days ago · 79 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.651 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 102 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.06 km SSW of Kenai, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 71 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.849 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 93 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 88 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.523 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 69 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.634 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3812 days ago · 89 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.431 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3812 days ago · 134 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.99 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3812 days ago · 85 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.537 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3812 days ago · 79 km deep · 49 km away
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