M1.6 earthquake 31 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 31 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Tue, Dec 25, 2018, 1:18 PM AKST (22:18 UTC), 79 km (49 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
- 2018-12-25 22:18:25 UTC
- Depth
- 79.2 km (49.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.285° N, 151.974° 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
- 18
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 185 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.957 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 99 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 111 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 109 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.948 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 153 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 86 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.448 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 83 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.648 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 108 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.546 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 119 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.516 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.62 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.243 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 175 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.047 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 90 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.030 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 91 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.887 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 149 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 67 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.858 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 144 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.165 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 99 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.512 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 52 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 79 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.874 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 119 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.527 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 73 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.149 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 174 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.868 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 110 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.016 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 66 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 2.463 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 109 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.034 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 84 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.062 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 84 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.041 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 90 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.463 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 108 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 85 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.250 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 129 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.918 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 60 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 112 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.758 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 84 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 97 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.634 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 78 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.964 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 125 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.571 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 104 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.741 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 83 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.962 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 105 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.722 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 92 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.56 km ESE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 75 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.011 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 63 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.37 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 71 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 95 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.050 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 84 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 76 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.945 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 117 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.636 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 127 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.655 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 146 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.015 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 67 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.849 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 162 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 6
- 1.511 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 50 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 114 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 106 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.266 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 109 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 83 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.814 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 72 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.857 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 102 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 104 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.053 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 91 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.538 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.168 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 114 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.962 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 103 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 110 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.352 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 104 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.638 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 123 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.056 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 102 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.62 km SW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 68 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 102 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.010 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 54 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.920 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.049 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 118 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.076 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 130 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.614 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 69 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.08 km SE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.971 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 127 km deep · 44 km away
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