M1.6 earthquake 72 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 72 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 8:14 PM AKST (05:14 UTC), 104 km (65 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 21 km SE of Kasilof, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-15 05:14:32 UTC
- Depth
- 104.2 km (64.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.453° N, 152.700° 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
- 28
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 164 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.170 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 112 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.753 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 83 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.527 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 74 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.349 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 80 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.453 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 129 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.952 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 106 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.959 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 107 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.034 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 86 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.141 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 129 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.763 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 112 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.58 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2843 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.453 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 87 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.021 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.864 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 134 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.714 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 75 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 114 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.660 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 105 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.130 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 95 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 90 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.761 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 102 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.943 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 78 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.850 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 105 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.658 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 100 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 94 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 78 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.242 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 93 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2840 days ago · 141 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.757 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 158 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.857 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 122 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.971 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 127 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.614 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 69 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.428 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 158 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.076 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 130 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.049 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 118 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.920 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 102 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.62 km SW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.056 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 102 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.638 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 123 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.352 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 104 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 110 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.962 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 103 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.168 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 114 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.053 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 91 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 104 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.857 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 102 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.631 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 79 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.957 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 99 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 111 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 109 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.948 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 153 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 86 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.448 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 83 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.648 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 108 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.546 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 119 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.243 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 175 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.047 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 90 km deep · 26 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.939 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 147 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.728 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 68 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.153 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 94 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.967 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 117 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.855 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 103 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.58 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 66 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.035 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 122 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.523 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.641 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 77 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.918 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 68 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.862 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 104 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.7Southern Alaska · 2848 days ago · 112 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.611 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.679 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.967 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 142 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.120 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 78 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
- 1.622 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 91 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 88 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.662 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 95 km deep · 39 km away
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