M1.5 earthquake 55 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 55 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Wed, Mar 21, 2018, 1:36 AM AKDT (09:36 UTC), 94 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 71 km E 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-21 09:36:44 UTC
- Depth
- 93.9 km (58.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.808° N, 152.285° 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
- 30
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 172 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.072 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 107 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.812 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.354 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 164 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.946 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 81 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.311 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.629 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 75 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.022 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.962 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 141 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.757 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.549 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 87 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.630 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 69 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.728 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 64 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.816 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.061 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 137 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.422 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 108 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.662 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 108 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.912 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.865 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 106 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.323 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 78 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 92 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.567 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 128 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.87 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 102 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.572 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 113 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.253 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 100 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.532 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 77 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.54 km WSW of Kasilof, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.37 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.960 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 145 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.139 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.767 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 105 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.014 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 124 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.69 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.474 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 115 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.524 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.045 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 89 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.668 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 103 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 107 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.664 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 195 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.265 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 138 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 101 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.627 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 75 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.939 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 84 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.851 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 86 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.136 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 78 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 96 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.23 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 61 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.664 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 131 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.612 km WSW of Kenai, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.637 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 83 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.031 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 69 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.739 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 88 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.263 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 104 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 110 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.828 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 74 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.766 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 117 km deep · 94 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.751 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 78 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.366 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 109 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.61 km NNE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 60 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.94 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 115 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.654 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 83 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.673 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 122 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 150 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.760 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 147 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.864 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 121 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.05 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.583 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 130 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.667 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 109 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.79 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.158 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 147 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3122 days ago · 94 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.549 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 100 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.553 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 133 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.943 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 87 km deep · 57 km away
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