M1.7 earthquake 55 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 55 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Wed, Dec 14, 2016, 12:03 PM AKST (21:03 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 52 km NE 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-14 21:03:34 UTC
- Depth
- 96.8 km (60.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.387° N, 152.395° 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
- 55
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
- 3.311 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3580 days ago · 96 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.165 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 123 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.657 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 130 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.663 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 100 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 100 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.947 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 124 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.034 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 123 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.516 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 64 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.119 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 68 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 103 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.449 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 123 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 3579 days ago · 120 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.818 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.863 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 128 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.631 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.58 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 56 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.954 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 84 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.834 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 133 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.244 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 129 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.567 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 136 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.357 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 108 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.960 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 102 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.720 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 69 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3577 days ago · 112 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.760 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 95 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.833 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 72 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.832 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.331 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 72 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.970 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 114 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.626 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 80 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.934 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 89 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.658 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 98 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.644 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 128 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.657 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 107 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.835 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 80 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.96 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.641 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 118 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.752 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 115 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.648 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 83 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.293 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 168 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.718 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.026 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 74 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.37 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 73 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.753 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 90 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.362 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 117 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3574 days ago · 76 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.960 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 101 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.511 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 61 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.13 km NE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.446 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 108 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.521 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.355 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 123 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.56 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.337 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 140 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.858 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 100 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.055 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3581 days ago · 104 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 103 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 87 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.246 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.526 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 84 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.836 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 76 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.532 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 92 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 99 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.925 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.643 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 91 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.073 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 117 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.150 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 103 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.961 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 129 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 128 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.552 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 108 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.838 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 80 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.948 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 86 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.937 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.747 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 124 km deep · 70 km away
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