M1.6 earthquake 53 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 53 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 8:21 PM AKDT (04:21 UTC), 99 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 50 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
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
- 2018-10-12 04:21:42 UTC
- Depth
- 98.7 km (61.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.340° N, 152.449° 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
- 32
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 162 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2911 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 114 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.931 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 72 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.847 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.831 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 78 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.76 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 69 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.048 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 107 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.020 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 152 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.721 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.973 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 141 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 119 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.939 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 127 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 85 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.954 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 112 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.560 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 88 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.935 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 130 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.041 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 76 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.063 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 125 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.558 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 86 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.627 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 64 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.650 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 81 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.842 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 85 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.949 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 115 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.049 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 94 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 64 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.447 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 91 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.817 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 78 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.571 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 109 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.624 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.421 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.563 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 106 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.713 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 82 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.66 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.529 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 73 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.654 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 109 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 99 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.547 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 156 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.356 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 92 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.843 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 114 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 97 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.086 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.753 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.156 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 109 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.332 km NNE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 173 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.051 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 80 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 99 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.830 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 84 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 97 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 92 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.149 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 81 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.068 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.257 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.045 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 108 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.150 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 86 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 60 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.732 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 75 km deep · 79 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.838 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 132 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 99 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2913 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.858 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.038 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 78 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.242 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 127 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.97 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 53 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.02 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 51 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.148 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 93 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 103 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.049 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 105 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.668 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 111 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 119 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.98 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 78 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.645 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 82 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.263 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 115 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.769 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 126 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 2.135 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 85 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.064 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 111 km deep · 52 km away
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