M2.0 earthquake 53 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 53 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 10:31 PM AKDT (06:31 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 52 km W of Happy Valley, 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-17 06:31:40 UTC
- Depth
- 105.5 km (65.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.395° N, 152.344° 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
- 39
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
- 1.637 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 73 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.762 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 97 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.723 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 69 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.868 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 112 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 102 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 88 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.617 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.716 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.649 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.619 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.058 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 101 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.617 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 105 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.27 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 69 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.410 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 63 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.772 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 109 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Kenai, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.528 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 85 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.453 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 105 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.449 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 95 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 81 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.769 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 124 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 108 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.969 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 119 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.131 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 129 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.521 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3636 days ago · 64 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.629 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.622 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.963 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 156 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.776 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 106 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.155 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 99 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.447 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 161 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.850 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 97 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.754 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 93 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 96 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.965 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 133 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.956 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 101 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.871 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 112 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.951 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 108 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.714 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 93 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.915 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.757 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 104 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.524 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.860 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 109 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.737 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 96 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.358 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 106 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.018 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.170 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 114 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.018 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.443 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 87 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.365 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 113 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.738 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 136 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.661 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 114 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3632 days ago · 112 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3632 days ago · 113 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.765 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 111 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.455 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 102 km deep · 84 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.646 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 101 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.163 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 112 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.613 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.961 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 109 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.565 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 130 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.957 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 88 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.957 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 102 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.961 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 105 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.91 km SW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.757 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 98 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.868 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 123 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.742 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 97 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 114 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.929 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 81 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.362 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 118 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.27 km N of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.868 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 126 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 75 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.036 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3641 days ago · 157 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 105 km deep · 75 km away
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