M1.5 earthquake 65 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 65 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sun, May 8, 2016, 5:07 PM AKDT (01:07 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 39 km NE 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-05-09 01:07:11 UTC
- Depth
- 99.5 km (61.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.421° N, 152.581° 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
- 10
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.545 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 89 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.565 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 95 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.865 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 111 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.841 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 97 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.758 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 100 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.660 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 96 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.010 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.060 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 97 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.666 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 109 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.965 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 112 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.057 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.527 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 76 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 101 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.563 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 101 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.554 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 96 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.547 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 121 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.452 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.037 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 135 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 104 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.063 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 118 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.015 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 85 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 106 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.448 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 123 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 85 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.357 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 98 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 101 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.680 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 148 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.522 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 80 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.611 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 62 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 85 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 79 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.741 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 118 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 3798 days ago · 126 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.718 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 76 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.265 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 104 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.828 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 141 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.356 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 103 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.850 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 107 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3798 days ago · 72 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 111 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 88 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.633 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 92 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.547 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 84 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.944 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 114 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.551 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 105 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.227 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.538 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 116 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.148 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 106 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.57 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.852 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 105 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.624 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 131 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.742 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 111 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.570 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 107 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.529 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 75 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 106 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.6Southern Alaska · 3795 days ago · 78 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 1.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 104 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.663 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 104 km deep · 70 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.637 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 131 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.822 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 77 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.247 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 119 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 111 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.45 km NNW of Kachemak, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 52 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.661 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 96 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.654 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 96 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.163 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 99 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.336 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 129 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.671 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 118 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.652 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 84 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 99 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.772 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 116 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.519 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 97 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.69 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.959 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 103 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.162 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 141 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3803 days ago · 107 km deep · 43 km away
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