M1.5 earthquake 29 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 29 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska on Sat, May 11, 2019, 7:57 PM AKDT (03:57 UTC), 74 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 2 km SW of Kasilof, 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
- 2019-05-12 03:57:21 UTC
- Depth
- 73.6 km (45.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.900° N, 151.633° 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
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 123 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.551 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 86 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.922 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 70 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.864 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 116 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.670 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 109 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.945 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 88 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2698 days ago · 102 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.967 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 112 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 104 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.317 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.717 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.783 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 135 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.134 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.57 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.047 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 91 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.520 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.729 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 82 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.66 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 55 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2694 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.034 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.615 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 72 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.350 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 103 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.248 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 89 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.631 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.837 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 85 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.230 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 93 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.517 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 68 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.347 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 85 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.555 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.05 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.441 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 94 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.012 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 72 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 94 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.521 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.018 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 80 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.78 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.524 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.424 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.13 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 100 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 101 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.923 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.96 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.337 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 73 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.843 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 82 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 68 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.251 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 99 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 19 · tsunami flag
- 1.610 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.524 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 60 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 63 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.621 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.612 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.670 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 108 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.551 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 89 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.637 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 99 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.55 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.623 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 1.873 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 153 km deep · 93 km away
The first 60 of 195.
Before
- 1.55 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.220 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 27
- 1.76 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.652 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 88 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 62 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.820 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 99 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.018 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.15 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.818 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.812 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 60 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.954 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 100 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 121 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.37 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2702 days ago · 82 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.622 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.668 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 111 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.67 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
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