M1.6 earthquake 5 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 5 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska on Tue, Apr 4, 2017, 10:31 PM AKDT (06:31 UTC), 65 km (41 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 14 km N of Ninilchik, 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-05 06:31:09 UTC
- Depth
- 65.2 km (40.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.094° N, 151.638° 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
- 35
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
- 1.712 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.515 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 73 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.77 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.519 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 86 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.246 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 123 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.845 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 100 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.554 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 96 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.635 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 89 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.441 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 87 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.959 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 105 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3469 days ago · 97 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.655 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 93 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.862 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 91 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.622 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 57 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 100 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 86 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.728 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 72 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.741 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.055 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 91 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.822 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 75 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 65 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.741 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 78 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.519 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 60 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.638 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 75 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 108 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.534 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 78 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.150 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 88 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 19 · tsunami flag
- 1.539 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 93 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3468 days ago · 103 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.850 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 103 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3467 days ago · 103 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.8Southern Alaska · 3467 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3467 days ago · 102 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.161 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3467 days ago · 94 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.578 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3467 days ago · 127 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.667 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3467 days ago · 119 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.658 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3467 days ago · 98 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.851 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 84 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.647 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 86 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.660 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 93 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.032 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 71 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.764 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 107 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.659 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 115 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 106 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.55 km S of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 54 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.09 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 58 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 86 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.77 km ENE of Funny River, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.922 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.861 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 112 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.513 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.944 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 125 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.635 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 112 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 87 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.754 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 103 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 106 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.550 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 81 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 109 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.66 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.752 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 90 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.165 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 101 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.61 km SSW of Sterling, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.763 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 100 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.055 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 75 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.640 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 89 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.849 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 93 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.662 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 89 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.261 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 93 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.869 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.735 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 77 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.828 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 71 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.151 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 99 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.633 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 97 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.753 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 83 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.959 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 107 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.528 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 65 km deep · 40 km away
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