Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 43 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 43 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska on Wed, Oct 26, 2016, 5:44 PM AKDT (01:44 UTC), 8 km (5 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-10-27 01:44:10 UTC
Depth
7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.137° N, 157.564° 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
14

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.228 km NNE of Pilot Point, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 169 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 3.647 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 2.048 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 1.746 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 3.383 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.180 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.850 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 2.358 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 128 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.173 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3616 days ago · 93 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 2.249 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.574 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 5.052 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
  13. 2.548 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 2.958 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 2.454 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 1.751 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 3.452 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 2.454 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 2.651 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 2.153 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 2.148 km SSW of Pilot Point, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 2.842 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  23. 2.457 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  24. 4.250 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
  25. 2.454 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  26. 2.757 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
  27. 2.458 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
  28. 1.854 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 2.055 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  30. 2.948 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  31. 2.142 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  32. 2.541 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  33. 2.054 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  34. 2.058 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 94 km deep · 27 km away
  35. 2.251 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3606 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
  36. 2.251 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  37. 2.452 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  38. 2.459 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 1.945 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
  40. 2.3109 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 2.164 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 49 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 2.356 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  43. 1.663 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3597 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 1.862 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  45. 1.990 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3596 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 3.652 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  47. 2.555 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3592 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
  48. 2.062 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  49. 2.360 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 2.047 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3588 days ago · 122 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 1.758 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  52. 3.437 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 57 km deep · 91 km away
  53. 2.2104 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  54. 1.694 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
  55. 1.993 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3582 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
  56. 4.060 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 90 km deep · 58 km away
  57. 1.651 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  58. 1.868 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away
  59. 2.388 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 80 km deep · 53 km away
  60. 1.944 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away

The first 60 of 62.

Before

  1. 2.347 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 3.136 km SE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 101 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 1.988 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.619 km N of Pilot Point, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 180 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 2.151 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 2.547 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 2.650 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 2.270 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3634 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 3.073 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 1.965 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3638 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 2.146 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.345 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3640 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 2.593 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.952 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 3643 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 2.586 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 3650 days ago · 81 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.395 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.052 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 2.269 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 113 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.057 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away

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