M1.6 earthquake 50 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 50 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Mon, Oct 15, 2018, 1:38 AM AKDT (09:38 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 50 km ENE 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
- 2018-10-15 09:38:14 UTC
- Depth
- 81.2 km (50.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.399° N, 152.263° 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
- 23
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 169 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.842 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 85 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.949 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 115 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.049 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 94 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 64 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.447 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 91 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 106 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.817 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 78 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.571 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 109 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.624 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 66 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.421 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.563 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 106 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.713 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 82 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.618 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.66 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 69 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.529 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 73 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.654 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 109 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.615 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 1.756 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 99 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.547 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 156 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.356 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 92 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.843 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 114 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 97 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.086 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.714 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 48 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.156 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 109 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.332 km NNE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 173 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.051 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 99 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.830 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 84 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 97 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 92 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.149 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 81 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.068 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 111 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.612 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.150 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 60 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.732 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 75 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.020 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 70 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.180 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 132 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.448 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 159 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.9Southern Alaska · 2904 days ago · 118 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.914 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 60 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.949 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 110 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.861 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 112 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.729 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 81 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.361 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 144 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.249 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 86 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.514 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 64 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.674 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 107 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.546 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 107 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 103 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.656 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 90 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2902 days ago · 105 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.958 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 109 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.258 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 102 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.056 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 104 km deep · 26 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.645 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.627 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.558 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 86 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.063 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 125 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.041 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 76 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.620 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.911 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.560 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 88 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.954 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 112 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 85 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.939 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 127 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.513 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 119 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.973 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 141 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.721 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 55 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.048 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 107 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.76 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 69 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.831 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 78 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.931 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 72 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 114 km deep · 75 km away
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