M1.5 earthquake 62 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 62 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Tue, Sep 6, 2016, 8:16 PM AKDT (04:16 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 54 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
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
- 2016-09-07 04:16:41 UTC
- Depth
- 109.5 km (68.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.392° N, 152.553° 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
- 14
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 193 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.14 km ENE of Cohoe, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.060 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.859 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 107 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.254 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 104 km deep · 81 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 105 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.550 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 103 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.673 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 136 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.150 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 105 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.762 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 107 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 116 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.665 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 119 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.866 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 136 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.872 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 133 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.649 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 135 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 80 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.816 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.719 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.167 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 112 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.759 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 136 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 111 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.059 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 102 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.149 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 152 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.158 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 112 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.78 km E of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 71 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 96 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.750 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 118 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.748 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 122 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.767 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 98 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.862 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 99 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.750 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 97 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.542 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 78 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.971 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 126 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.841 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 78 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.941 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 139 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.223 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 77 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.549 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 121 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.143 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 136 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.544 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 87 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.557 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 96 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.7Southern Alaska · 3676 days ago · 102 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.933 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 128 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 103 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.155 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 122 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.332 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 154 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.758 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 135 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.231 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 74 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.243 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 127 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.862 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 100 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.951 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 114 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.847 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 111 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.513 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 81 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.126 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 71 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.949 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 84 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.066 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 129 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.952 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 88 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.147 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 99 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.615 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 55 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3673 days ago · 111 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 111 km deep · 18 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.230 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 82 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.572 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 139 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.574 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 125 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 110 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.773 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 117 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.623 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 74 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.75 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.661 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 108 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.560 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 94 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.237 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.826 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.531 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.631 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 140 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.158 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 105 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.911 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.960 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 100 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.539 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 115 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.59 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 61 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.565 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 118 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 113 km deep · 18 km away
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