M1.5 earthquake 54 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 54 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Tue, Aug 23, 2016, 12:41 AM AKDT (08:41 UTC), 109 km (67 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-23 08:41:32 UTC
- Depth
- 108.6 km (67.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.330° N, 152.466° 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
- 15
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.868 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 114 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 94 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.046 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 84 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.640 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 129 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3695 days ago · 87 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.551 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 104 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.832 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 77 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.916 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 53 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.217 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 79 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.876 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 109 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.846 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 106 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.953 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 91 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.620 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 55 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.166 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 117 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 70 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.545 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 91 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.549 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 77 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.760 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 110 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3693 days ago · 87 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.557 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 101 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 56 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.018 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.811 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 67 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.082 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 141 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 119 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 88 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.826 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 77 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.09 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 52 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.664 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 127 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.757 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 91 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.722 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 76 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.63 km SSE of Salamatof, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.052 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 132 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 109 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.569 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 113 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.045 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 110 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.836 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 137 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 114 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3689 days ago · 117 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.254 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 90 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.634 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 125 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.676 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 136 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.571 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 124 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.624 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 75 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.164 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 103 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 100 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.146 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 88 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.969 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 118 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.543 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 134 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 105 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.759 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 104 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.660 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 105 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.938 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 123 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.878 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 170 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.955 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 95 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.048 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 93 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.860 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 109 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.611 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.610 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 90 km deep · 45 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.852 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 105 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.654 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 102 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 3696 days ago · 161 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 101 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.527 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 76 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.533 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 77 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 107 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.074 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 118 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.859 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 105 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.841 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 121 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 89 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 117 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.665 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 99 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 1.964 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 115 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 112 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 107 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.226 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.058 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 99 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.150 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 104 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 106 km deep · 41 km away
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