M1.5 earthquake 36 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 36 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sun, Jan 7, 2018, 6:39 PM AKST (03:39 UTC), 90 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 40 km ENE of Port Alsworth, 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
- 2018-01-08 03:39:29 UTC
- Depth
- 90.1 km (56.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.211° N, 152.232° 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
- 40
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.579 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 131 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.948 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 77 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.881 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 175 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.542 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 82 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.030 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 139 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.943 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 163 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.617 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 80 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.565 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 112 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.912 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.752 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 115 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 108 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.843 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 85 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 125 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.523 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 87 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 103 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.737 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.065 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 114 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.069 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 126 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.652 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 114 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.027 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 73 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 96 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.145 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 124 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.388 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 141 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.868 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 114 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 97 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.236 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 121 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.964 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 94 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.55 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 3188 days ago · 111 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 79 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.121 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 75 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.61 km E of Cohoe, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 58 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.722 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 67 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.469 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 120 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.77 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.952 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 142 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.736 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 83 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.148 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 132 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.055 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 89 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.847 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 82 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.862 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 108 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.724 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.962 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 74 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.831 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 78 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 75 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.154 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 157 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.663 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 104 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.810 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 65 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.135 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.063 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 102 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.715 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 2.453 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 87 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.76 km NE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.80 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 69 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 120 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 54 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.140 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 187 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3 · tsunami flag
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.225 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 66 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.644 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 128 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 95 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.552 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 97 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.852 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 138 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 106 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.743 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 123 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 92 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.33 km NW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.510 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 76 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.949 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.53 km ESE of Kenai, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.642 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 86 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 94 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.716 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.770 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 111 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.630 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 71 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.081 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 124 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.832 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.067 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 112 km deep · 33 km away
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