M1.6 earthquake 78 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 78 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 5:39 AM AKDT (13:39 UTC), 121 km (75 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 43 km WNW of Happy Valley, 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
- 2017-07-13 13:39:46 UTC
- Depth
- 121.1 km (75.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.481° N, 152.790° 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
- 47
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 168 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.749 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.543 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 155 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 83 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.658 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 103 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3369 days ago · 117 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.926 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.578 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 138 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.750 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 129 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 100 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 101 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.666 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 134 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.6Southern Alaska · 3367 days ago · 164 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.57 km WNW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.541 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 120 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.066 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 127 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.540 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 132 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 73 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.814 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.866 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 124 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 3367 days ago · 120 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3367 days ago · 80 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 101 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.651 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 119 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.554 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 104 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 1.632 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.817 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.348 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 82 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
- 1.568 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 121 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.756 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 106 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.729 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 72 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.764 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 97 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.146 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 145 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.175 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 128 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.738 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 83 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.656 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 96 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.740 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 102 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.624 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.968 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 118 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.050 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 121 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.973 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3364 days ago · 122 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.655 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 114 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 97 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.845 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 107 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.160 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 111 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.578 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 108 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.145 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 116 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 92 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.769 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 128 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.957 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3361 days ago · 99 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.572 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 108 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.755 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 108 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.170 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 167 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.522 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.060 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 93 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.955 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 95 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.464 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 150 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.654 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 97 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.726 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 81 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 103 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.840 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3359 days ago · 93 km deep · 92 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3370 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.565 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 104 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 118 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.035 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 77 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 1.769 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 122 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.795 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 143 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.96 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.723 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 92 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.564 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 104 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.268 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 113 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.544 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 117 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 105 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.454 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 104 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3 · tsunami flag
- 1.928 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.58 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.441 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3375 days ago · 77 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
- 1.732 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3375 days ago · 136 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3376 days ago · 105 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.458 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3376 days ago · 97 km deep · 66 km away
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