M2.2 earthquake 51 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 51 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 1:56 PM AKDT (21:56 UTC), 90 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 4 km NE of Anchor Point, 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-20 21:56:20 UTC
- Depth
- 90.1 km (56.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.205° N, 152.534° 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
- 65
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
- 2.551 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 90 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.339 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 91 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.023 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 78 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.731 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 78 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 88 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 101 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.934 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 123 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.355 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 95 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 102 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.060 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 141 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.978 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 138 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.740 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 122 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 81 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3665 days ago · 116 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.614 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 67 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.567 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 124 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.825 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 68 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.949 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 99 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.152 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 99 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3663 days ago · 103 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.662 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 92 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.552 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 88 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 99 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.410 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 83 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.938 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 132 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.144 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 86 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.257 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 101 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.038 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 119 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.249 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 97 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.742 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 121 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.87 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 59 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.850 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 83 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3661 days ago · 99 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.644 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 120 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.89 km SE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.855 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 122 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 114 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.722 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 148 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.672 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 147 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.063 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 109 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.153 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 146 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 2.371 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.540 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 114 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.736 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 70 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.958 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 138 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 108 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.681 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 138 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.954 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 77 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.149 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 78 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.446 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 111 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.549 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 78 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.060 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 120 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.672 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 130 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.233 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 135 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.961 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 108 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.856 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 91 km deep · 55 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 3.132 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 132 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.352 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 110 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.374 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 119 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.9Southern Alaska · 3667 days ago · 185 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.850 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 98 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 74 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.534 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 81 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.01 km NW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.569 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 125 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.351 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 147 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.613 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.953 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.968 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 121 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.550 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.850 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 100 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.255 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 84 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.765 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 135 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.757 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 83 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.936 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 127 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.258 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 100 km deep · 70 km away
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