M1.8 earthquake 7 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 7 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska on Fri, Jul 29, 2016, 4:05 AM AKDT (12:05 UTC), 73 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 54 km E 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
- 2016-07-29 12:05:03 UTC
- Depth
- 73.4 km (45.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.037° N, 151.533° 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
- 50
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 187 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.842 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 85 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.854 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 108 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.456 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 105 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.957 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 136 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.658 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 106 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 101 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.135 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 69 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.511 km W of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 64 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 100 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.57 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.625 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 75 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 65 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.546 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 79 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.24 km WNW of Kenai, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.846 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 77 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.464 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 93 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.760 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 107 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.663 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 88 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.656 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 103 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.568 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 103 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.947 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 131 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.753 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 124 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.659 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 103 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 112 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.261 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 107 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.768 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 154 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.656 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 101 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 104 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 92 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.158 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 103 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 122 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.512 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 68 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.812 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 109 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.867 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.234 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.861 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 109 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 3715 days ago · 80 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 74 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.738 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 81 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.874 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 112 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.620 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 80 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.638 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.559 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 101 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.740 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 45 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.052 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 106 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.078 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 135 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.632 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 83 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.963 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 97 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.656 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 99 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 89 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 102 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.314 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 49 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.153 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 98 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.18 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 59 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.88 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 53 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 90 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.070 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 100 km deep · 83 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.543 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 86 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.850 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 113 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.950 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 95 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.564 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 110 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.550 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.949 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 101 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.537 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 97 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.961 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 105 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.52 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.943 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 96 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 84 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.532 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 72 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 93 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 108 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 109 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 106 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.251 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 106 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 100 km deep · 97 km away
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