M1.5 earthquake 72 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 72 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Mon, Jul 16, 2018, 1:40 PM AKDT (21:40 UTC), 103 km (64 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 36 km WNW of Anchor Point, 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
- 2018-07-16 21:40:00 UTC
- Depth
- 103.0 km (64.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.319° N, 152.856° 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
- 16
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 186 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.531 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 92 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.246 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 94 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.752 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 140 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.465 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 105 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.838 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 91 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.654 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 105 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2999 days ago · 105 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.555 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 116 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 97 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.635 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 142 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.52 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.160 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 146 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.866 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 109 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 87 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 88 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 99 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.026 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 73 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.651 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 107 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2997 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 107 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.152 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 102 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.545 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 112 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.742 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 116 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.667 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 113 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.640 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 120 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2996 days ago · 125 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.763 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 97 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.936 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 123 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.653 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 117 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.020 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 69 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.68 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 110 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.546 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 80 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.960 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 97 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.663 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 108 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 112 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.572 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 102 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.632 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.157 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 102 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 1.967 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 116 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2993 days ago · 127 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.971 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 130 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.157 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 99 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.517 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.744 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 110 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.561 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 113 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.942 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 111 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 107 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 106 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 110 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.239 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 129 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.125 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 81 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
- 1.67 km WSW of Soldotna, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.237 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 85 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.967 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 125 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.581 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 116 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 100 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.937 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 141 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.330 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 136 km deep · 65 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.065 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 98 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.144 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 115 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 93 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.645 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 108 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 75 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 99 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.059 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 110 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.648 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 108 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.553 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 89 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.267 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 111 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 1.663 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 111 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.921 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 159 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.917 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 105 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.956 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 139 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.930 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 131 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.664 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 98 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.143 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 125 km deep · 67 km away
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