M2.3 earthquake 57 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 57 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sun, Dec 18, 2016, 9:18 AM AKST (18:18 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 56 km WNW of Nanwalek, 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-18 18:18:55 UTC
- Depth
- 108.1 km (67.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.233° N, 152.645° 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
- 40
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.960 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 102 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3577 days ago · 112 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.760 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 95 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.833 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.832 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 68 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.331 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.970 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 114 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 89 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.840 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 122 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.658 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 98 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.644 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 128 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.657 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 107 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.835 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 80 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.641 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3576 days ago · 118 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.752 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 115 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.648 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 83 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.293 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 168 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.026 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 74 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.37 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.753 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 90 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.362 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 117 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3575 days ago · 76 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.960 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 101 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.511 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.13 km NE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3575 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.446 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 108 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.958 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 100 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.521 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.355 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 123 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.56 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.337 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 140 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.845 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 136 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.074 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 135 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.857 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 97 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.051 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 103 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.265 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 104 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.047 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 80 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.3Southern Alaska · 3574 days ago · 212 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.017 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.859 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 106 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.133 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.618 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 84 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.81 km NE of Kenai, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.286 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 156 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 99 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.352 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 103 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.024 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 81 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.914 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.256 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 95 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 7 · tsunami flag
- 2.981 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 138 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.512 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 77 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.67 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 72 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.127 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 81 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.359 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 102 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 1.744 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 77 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.928 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 89 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.559 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 93 km deep · 99 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.837 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.567 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 136 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.244 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 129 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.834 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 133 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.954 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 84 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.58 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.760 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 109 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.863 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 128 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.818 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 3579 days ago · 120 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.449 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3579 days ago · 123 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 103 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.119 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 68 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.516 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.034 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 123 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.947 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 124 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 100 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.663 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3580 days ago · 100 km deep · 46 km away
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