M1.5 earthquake 58 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 58 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Mon, Oct 3, 2016, 6:30 AM AKDT (14:30 UTC), 103 km (64 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 52 km W of Happy Valley, 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
- 2016-10-03 14:30:09 UTC
- Depth
- 103.2 km (64.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.365° N, 152.506° 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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.324 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 137 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.56 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.167 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 128 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.615 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 68 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.520 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.056 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 101 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.414 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.23 km S of Kasilof, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 1.674 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 134 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.211 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 68 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.960 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 112 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.78 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.113 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.826 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 78 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.755 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 111 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.016 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 59 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 99 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.153 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 119 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.811 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.860 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 90 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.743 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 112 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.766 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 110 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 118 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.761 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 107 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.442 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 137 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.830 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 142 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.555 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 103 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.769 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 124 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.249 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 118 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.644 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 107 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.831 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 149 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.866 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 115 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.031 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 136 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.845 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 160 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.941 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 90 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.672 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 124 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.879 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 125 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 101 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.514 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 53 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 86 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.067 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 136 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.740 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 84 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.961 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 132 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3647 days ago · 91 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.845 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 176 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.857 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 101 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 73 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.538 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 88 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 115 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.852 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 122 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 102 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.011 km WSW of Fox River, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.523 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.254 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 106 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 107 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.859 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 100 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 81 km deep · 16 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.658 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 112 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.031 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 83 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.827 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 95 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.043 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 107 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.358 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 107 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.640 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 73 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.836 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 118 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.970 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 128 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 74 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.561 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 114 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.946 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 78 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.144 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 115 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.053 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 83 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 114 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.660 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 103 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.939 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 134 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.769 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 113 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.456 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 90 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.856 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 91 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.961 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 108 km deep · 54 km away
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