M1.6 earthquake 32 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 32 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Mon, Dec 18, 2017, 9:47 AM AKST (18:47 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 40 km ENE of Port Alsworth, 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
- 2017-12-18 18:47:29 UTC
- Depth
- 70.0 km (43.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.117° N, 152.232° 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
- 49
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.671 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 126 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 95 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.163 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 81 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 101 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.721 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.74 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.521 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 65 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 76 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 105 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.537 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 67 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.563 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 109 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.041 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 139 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.527 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.954 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 151 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 53 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 89 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.74 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.710 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 71 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.748 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 80 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.563 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 97 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.52 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 54 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.068 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 132 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.959 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 104 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 85 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.932 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 81 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.151 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 107 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.655 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 107 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.628 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 77 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.956 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.271 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 108 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.233 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 86 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.726 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.338 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.257 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 100 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.432 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 143 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.970 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 113 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.843 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 86 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.266 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 115 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.949 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 94 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.914 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 7 · tsunami flag
- 2.131 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 88 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.615 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.263 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 102 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.817 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 84 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.612 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 67 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.156 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 105 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.944 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 118 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 101 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.750 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 120 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.531 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 68 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 98 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.514 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 59 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 107 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.873 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 132 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.515 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.556 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 84 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.750 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 106 km deep · 73 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.657 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 92 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.755 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 137 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 97 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.549 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 105 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 114 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.253 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 144 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.354 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 137 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.765 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 104 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.968 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 124 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 82 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 85 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.238 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 138 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.856 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 115 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3212 days ago · 119 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.929 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.632 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.635 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3212 days ago · 74 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 97 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.253 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 144 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 110 km deep · 79 km away
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