M1.6 earthquake 75 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 75 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sat, Sep 8, 2018, 6:57 PM AKDT (02:57 UTC), 105 km (65 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
- 2018-09-09 02:57:51 UTC
- Depth
- 104.7 km (65.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.500° N, 152.682° 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
- 55
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 160 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.632 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 154 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 101 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.556 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 126 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.620 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 66 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.550 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 103 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.554 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 85 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.644 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 158 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.147 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 123 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 109 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.540 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 91 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 104 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.633 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 154 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 103 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.72 km SE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.555 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 120 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.550 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 118 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.835 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 155 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.55 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 55 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.842 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 131 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.758 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 88 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.529 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.03 km WSW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 62 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.840 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 80 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 108 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.769 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 127 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.039 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 80 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.056 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 113 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.560 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 101 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.920 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 198 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.566 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 111 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.839 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 164 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 103 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.953 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 127 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.950 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 105 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
- 1.564 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 107 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.534 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 136 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.041 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 115 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.064 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 112 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.713 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2934 days ago · 88 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.757 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 115 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.748 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 127 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.257 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 154 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.458 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 110 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.65 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 50 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.942 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 80 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.847 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 96 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.860 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 126 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.366 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 102 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.010 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 85 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.860 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 131 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.71 km NNE of Kenai, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.267 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 121 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 84 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.94 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 54 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.145 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 94 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.954 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 113 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.859 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 93 km deep · 20 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.855 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 90 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.870 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 114 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.658 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 149 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 105 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.752 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 148 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.570 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 112 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.036 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 80 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.917 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 70 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.962 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 123 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.520 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 59 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.560 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 125 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.873 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 124 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.850 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 76 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.250 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 114 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.546 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 123 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.515 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 72 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.746 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 153 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 101 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.213 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 88 km deep · 67 km away
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