M1.8 earthquake 59 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 59 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Wed, Dec 28, 2016, 12:46 PM AKST (21:46 UTC), 108 km (67 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-28 21:46:27 UTC
- Depth
- 108.4 km (67.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.163° N, 152.716° 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
- 21
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
- 1.761 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 99 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.969 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 135 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.050 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 97 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 115 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.539 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 83 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.991 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 153 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.649 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 78 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.975 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 130 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 87 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.461 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 109 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.564 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 116 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.764 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 97 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.645 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 86 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 69 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.010 km SSE of Homer, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.162 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 106 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.154 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 83 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.028 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.757 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 109 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.043 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 170 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 104 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.862 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 93 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 103 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 87 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 97 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 89 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.555 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 83 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.739 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 131 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.760 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 107 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 106 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 81 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.264 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 80 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 106 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.970 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 141 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.258 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 74 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.945 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 97 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3562 days ago · 110 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.544 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.045 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 73 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.561 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 105 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.540 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 117 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.661 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 132 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.810 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.544 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.068 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 127 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 95 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.534 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 74 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.569 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 96 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.545 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 89 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.844 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 170 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.542 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 130 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.252 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 159 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3 · tsunami flag
- 1.867 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 103 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 90 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 99 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 86 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.047 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 109 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.853 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 126 km deep · 35 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.052 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 150 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.857 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 100 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.857 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 136 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.130 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 72 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.541 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 79 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 100 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.843 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 117 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.463 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 94 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.048 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 127 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.19 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 111 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 105 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.633 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 70 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 98 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 93 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.061 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 110 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 104 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 91 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3569 days ago · 85 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.348 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 84 km deep · 39 km away
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