M1.8 earthquake 43 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 43 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sat, Dec 23, 2017, 9:06 PM AKST (06:06 UTC), 86 km (53 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-24 06:06:46 UTC
- Depth
- 85.6 km (53.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.296° N, 152.268° 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
- 38
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.266 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 115 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.949 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 94 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.131 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 88 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.263 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 102 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.817 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 84 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.612 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 105 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.944 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 118 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 101 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.750 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 120 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.049 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 96 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.531 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 68 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.642 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 98 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.514 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 107 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.873 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 132 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.515 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.556 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 84 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.768 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 112 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.750 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 3203 days ago · 119 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.928 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 151 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.963 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.564 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 98 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.861 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 88 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.637 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 84 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 111 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.855 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 97 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 92 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.813 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 49 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.762 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 107 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 115 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.058 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 173 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.680 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 118 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.957 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 103 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.47 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.262 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 95 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.731 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 127 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 110 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.527 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 91 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.146 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 114 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.773 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 123 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.661 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 129 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.735 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 131 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 96 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.414 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
- 1.847 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 109 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.558 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 101 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.555 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 96 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.570 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 112 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.526 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 83 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.619 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 106 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.875 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 122 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 69 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 117 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.632 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 89 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.066 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 114 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.970 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 113 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.432 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 143 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.266 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 114 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.257 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 100 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.726 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.233 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 86 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.271 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 108 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.017 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 56 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.956 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.628 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 77 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.655 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 107 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.151 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 107 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.932 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 81 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 85 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.959 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 104 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.068 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 132 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.52 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 54 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.563 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 97 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.748 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 80 km deep · 76 km away
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