M1.5 earthquake 5 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 5 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska on Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 7:41 PM AKST (04:41 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 31 km ESE of Point Possession, 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
- 2016-11-12 04:41:18 UTC
- Depth
- 62.9 km (39.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.030° N, 151.207° 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
- 22
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 146 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.522 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 62 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.767 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 113 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.19 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.718 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 57 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.745 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 97 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 129 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.72 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.729 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.510 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.510 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 69 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.87 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.612 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.716 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 91 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.719 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 63 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.639 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 68 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.511 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.652 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 86 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.511 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.863 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 109 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 79 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.619 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.814 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 66 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.771 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 114 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.826 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.823 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.936 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 102 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 1.968 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 118 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.637 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 80 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.518 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.513 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 60 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.518 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.515 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.542 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 83 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.13 km WSW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 56 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.716 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 51 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 52 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.612 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 57 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.612 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 55 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.712 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.016 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 44 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.722 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.719 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.915 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.024 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.810 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.646 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 100 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.731 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.636 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 100 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.877 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.578 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.773 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 115 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.83 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.625 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.626 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 70 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.542 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3605 days ago · 87 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.65 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.218 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.622 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 120 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.111 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3615 days ago · 81 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.252 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.457 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 108 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.626 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.713 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 66 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.663 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 126 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 87 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.818 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 68 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.742 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.866 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 116 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.716 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.823 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.440 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 112 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.846 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 90 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.736 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 94 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.731 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 88 km deep · 36 km away
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