M1.7 earthquake 18 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 18 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Sun, Oct 6, 2019, 12:02 AM AKDT (08:02 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 71 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-06 08:02:45 UTC
- Depth
- 72.8 km (45.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.739° N, 151.621° 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
- 48
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 97 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.736 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 77 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.827 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.523 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 49 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 113 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.250 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 104 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 87 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.630 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.948 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 93 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.413 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 74 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 90 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 101 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.670 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 136 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.718 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 58 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.573 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.02 km NNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 61 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 1.555 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 102 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.918 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.110 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.434 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 82 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2548 days ago · 58 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.910 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.62 km SE of Sterling, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.920 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.951 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 81 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.521 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 118 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.819 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.35 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 55 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.522 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 77 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.519 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 73 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.821 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 67 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.771 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 124 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.87 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 93 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.915 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 51 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.618 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 49 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.540 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 80 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 87 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.528 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 66 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.616 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 100 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.666 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 116 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 93 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 101 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.660 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 92 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.576 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 109 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.249 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 86 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.143 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 77 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 102 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 102 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.610 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 75 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.772 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 116 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2542 days ago · 117 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.061 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 96 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.522 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 86 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.729 km ESE of Funny River, AK · 2554 days ago · 38 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 88 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 118 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.610 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 78 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.658 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 98 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.530 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.023 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 60 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2555 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.611 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 65 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.524 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.568 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 107 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.763 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 101 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 1.617 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.723 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 75 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.275 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 128 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.535 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 83 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.060 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 128 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.027 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 84 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.323 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 69 km deep · 22 km away
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