M2.0 earthquake 10 km E of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 10 km E of Nikiski, Alaska on Sat, Aug 17, 2019, 1:28 AM AKDT (09:28 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 6 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-17 09:28:27 UTC
- Depth
- 60.9 km (37.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.680° N, 151.100° 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
- 52
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 96 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.228 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 2600 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.813 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.93 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.523 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.713 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 52 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
- 1.511 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 47 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.928 km WNW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 54 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.763 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 115 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.740 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 86 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.963 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 122 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.770 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 109 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.770 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.55 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.741 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 82 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.762 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 106 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.369 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 137 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.567 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 107 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.668 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.546 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 98 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.917 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 61 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.57 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 34 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 92 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.719 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 70 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.916 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.624 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 58 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 2.331 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 78 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.749 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 89 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.89 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.754 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 88 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.611 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 54 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.56 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.835 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 55 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 73 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.526 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.511 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.34 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.09 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 70 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 80 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.217 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 78 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.16 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 827 · tsunami flag
- 2.26 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.27 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.17 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2589 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 89 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.914 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.067 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 115 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.018 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 76 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.121 km SSW of Sunrise, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 7
- 2.05 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.64 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 62 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.027 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 77 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.871 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 122 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.657 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 110 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.55 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 61 km deep · 33 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.729 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 75 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 79 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.23 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 31 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.05 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.641 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 78 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.511 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2603 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2604 days ago · 52 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.961 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 93 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.46 km ESE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 53 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.611 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.117 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.613 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.614 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 57 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.78 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.523 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.520 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
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