M1.6 earthquake 55 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 55 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 5:22 PM AKDT (01:22 UTC), 86 km (53 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 50 km E of Pedro Bay, 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
- 2018-07-27 01:22:53 UTC
- Depth
- 85.8 km (53.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.346° N, 152.484° 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
- 47
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
- 2.150 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 111 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 120 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 109 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.45 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 62 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.363 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 142 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.666 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 123 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.264 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 89 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.763 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 128 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.447 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 108 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.838 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 127 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.643 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 133 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.847 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 88 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.962 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 111 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.856 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 135 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.951 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 115 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.963 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 96 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.022 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.879 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.533 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.561 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 106 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.641 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 76 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.645 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 125 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 81 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.591 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 139 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 117 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.561 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 104 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 125 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2985 days ago · 75 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.953 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 97 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.836 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 121 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 121 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 106 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.738 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 135 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.727 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 67 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.524 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 73 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.647 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 111 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 56 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.764 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 130 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.723 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.446 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 80 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2984 days ago · 113 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.646 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 84 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.637 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 124 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.171 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 134 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.735 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 105 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.753 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 116 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.238 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.764 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 96 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.156 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 96 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.551 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 106 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.555 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 89 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.712 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 54 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.961 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 102 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.838 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 73 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.764 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 125 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 76 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.563 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 100 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.949 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 162 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.535 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 117 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.569 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 117 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 116 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.641 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 112 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 94 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 87 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.653 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 124 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 2989 days ago · 111 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.154 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 108 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.330 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 136 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.937 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 141 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 100 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.581 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 116 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.967 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 125 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.237 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 85 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Soldotna, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.125 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 81 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
- 2.239 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 129 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 110 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 106 km deep · 34 km away
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