M1.5 earthquake 66 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 66 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Wed, May 23, 2018, 9:44 AM AKDT (17:44 UTC), 105 km (65 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 13 km E of Ninilchik, 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
- 2018-05-23 17:44:03 UTC
- Depth
- 104.9 km (65.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.236° N, 152.803° 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
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.753 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 82 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.820 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.565 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 105 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 98 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.642 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 126 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.564 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 114 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.638 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 122 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.633 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 82 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 99 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.544 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.661 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 115 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.936 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 134 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.553 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 91 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.753 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 114 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.265 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 85 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.728 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 77 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 104 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.663 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 103 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.834 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 153 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 102 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.560 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 110 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.739 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 129 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.839 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 101 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3052 days ago · 127 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.658 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 92 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.832 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 160 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.970 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 117 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.654 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 135 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.540 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 75 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.038 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 129 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.143 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 112 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 112 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.66 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.65 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 103 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.937 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 111 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.663 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 103 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.844 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 77 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3050 days ago · 107 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 104 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 119 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.571 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 122 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 89 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.621 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 65 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.110 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 67 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 3049 days ago · 118 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.750 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 112 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.524 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.236 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 119 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 103 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.750 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.619 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.615 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.046 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 139 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.748 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 107 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 86 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 99 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 87 km deep · 80 km away
The first 60 of 201.
Before
- 1.580 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 132 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.541 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 90 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 82 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.750 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 80 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.749 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 108 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.739 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 146 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.552 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 152 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.535 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 74 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3056 days ago · 151 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 99 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.244 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 125 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.944 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 80 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.57 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 58 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 84 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 112 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3057 days ago · 106 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.024 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 148 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.757 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 100 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.352 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 107 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.612 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
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