M1.6 earthquake 30 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 30 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, May 12, 2016, 11:07 PM AKDT (07:07 UTC), 88 km (55 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-05-13 07:07:02 UTC
- Depth
- 88.3 km (54.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.145° N, 152.187° 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
- 53
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
- 1.633 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 92 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.547 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 84 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.944 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 114 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.551 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 105 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.538 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 116 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.148 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 106 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.57 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.852 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 105 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.624 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 131 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.742 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 111 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.570 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 107 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.529 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 75 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 106 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.6Southern Alaska · 3795 days ago · 78 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 1.920 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 104 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.663 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 104 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.18 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 58 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 2.07 km SSW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 55 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 105 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.550 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 123 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.056 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 99 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.447 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 125 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.453 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 85 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.652 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.521 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.915 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 72 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 82 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.156 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 97 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.463 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 144 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.339 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 156 km deep · 79 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.538 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 86 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.651 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 108 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.857 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 92 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.952 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 104 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.542 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 166 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 1.534 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 72 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.960 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 105 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.624 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.931 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 78 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.761 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 106 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.356 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 100 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.657 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 107 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 74 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 93 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.447 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 154 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.763 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 108 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.64 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 59 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.861 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 119 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.852 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 105 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.758 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 105 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.764 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 108 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 103 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.040 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 141 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.829 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 70 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.541 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 85 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.254 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 138 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 105 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.062 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 104 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.156 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 104 km deep · 68 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.758 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 111 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3798 days ago · 72 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.850 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 107 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.356 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 103 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.828 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 141 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.265 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 104 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.718 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 76 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.920 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 53 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 3798 days ago · 126 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 92 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.741 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 118 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 79 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 85 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.611 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 62 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.522 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 80 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.680 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 148 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 101 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.357 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 98 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 85 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.448 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 123 km deep · 67 km away
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