M1.6 earthquake 4 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 4 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Jan 19, 2017, 6:08 PM AKST (03:08 UTC), 66 km (41 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 48 km WNW of Nanwalek, 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
- 2017-01-20 03:08:07 UTC
- Depth
- 65.7 km (40.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.056° N, 151.594° 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
- 33
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
- 1.554 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 94 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 91 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.636 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3544 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.356 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 109 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.761 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 87 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.733 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 88 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.761 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 97 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 105 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.861 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 102 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.844 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 81 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 97 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 99 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.858 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 104 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.861 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 107 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.513 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 76 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.655 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 97 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.752 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 112 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.551 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 94 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.558 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 96 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.752 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 130 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.551 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 83 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.053 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 107 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.763 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 98 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.665 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 121 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.674 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 116 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.745 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 80 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.156 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 97 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.760 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 85 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.520 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 60 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.564 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 151 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.966 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 114 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 83 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.730 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 73 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.962 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 94 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.257 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 104 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 1.864 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 109 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 103 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.815 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 54 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.610 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 80 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.136 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 89 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.720 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.068 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 122 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.631 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 70 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.140 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 84 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.766 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 123 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.537 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 66 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.145 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 91 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.540 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 88 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.157 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 105 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.615 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 62 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 76 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 114 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.629 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 38 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.76 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 105 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.459 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 90 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.99 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 72 km deep · 7 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.61 km NNE of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.663 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 104 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.124 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 75 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 80 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.852 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 120 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 73 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.625 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.861 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 104 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 81 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.828 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 62 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.066 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 114 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 94 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.655 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 92 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.761 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 99 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.028 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.527 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.59 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.629 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 86 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.040 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 84 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.724 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
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