M2.3 earthquake 45 km S of Ugashik, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 45 km S of Ugashik, Alaska on Sat, Oct 15, 2016, 7:53 PM AKDT (03:53 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 52 km SSW of Ugashik, 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
- 2016-10-16 03:53:59 UTC
- Depth
- 5.4 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.101° N, 157.454° 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
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.146 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3639 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.965 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.073 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.270 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.650 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.547 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.151 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.619 km N of Pilot Point, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 180 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.988 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 72 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.136 km SE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 101 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.347 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.943 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.228 km NNE of Pilot Point, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 169 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.647 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.048 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.746 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.383 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 72 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.180 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 68 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.850 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.358 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 128 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.173 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 93 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.249 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.574 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.052 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 2.548 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.958 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.454 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.751 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.452 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.454 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.651 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.153 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.148 km SSW of Pilot Point, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.842 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.6115 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.457 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.250 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.454 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.757 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.458 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.854 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.055 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.948 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.142 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.541 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.054 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.058 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 94 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.251 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.251 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.452 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.459 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.945 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.3109 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.164 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.978 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 99 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.356 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.663 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.862 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.990 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.652 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
The first 60 of 72.
Before
- 2.593 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.952 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.586 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 76 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 3650 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.395 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.052 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.269 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 113 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.057 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.960 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.887 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.1119 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.249 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.182 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 72 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.151 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.356 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 81 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.648 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.424 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 85 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.260 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.4106 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 75 km deep · 71 km away
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