M1.6 earthquake 41 km W of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 41 km W of Nikiski, Alaska on Tue, Jan 8, 2019, 7:16 PM AKST (04:16 UTC), 82 km (51 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
- 2019-01-09 04:16:55 UTC
- Depth
- 81.6 km (50.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.758° N, 152.033° 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
- 49
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 142 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.539 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 83 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.388 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 151 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.421 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 89 · tsunami flag
- 2.318 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.919 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 104 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.925 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 72 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.963 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 122 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.530 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 78 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.619 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 80 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 119 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.751 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 86 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.537 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 86 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 98 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 86 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.310 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.640 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 86 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2815 days ago · 67 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.563 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 133 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.823 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.843 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 85 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.77 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.840 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 81 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.28 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 65 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.325 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 75 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.660 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.99 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.767 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 115 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.148 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 83 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.816 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.070 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 119 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.246 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 95 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.940 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 91 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.780 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 121 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 97 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.742 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 92 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.638 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 90 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.513 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 64 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.533 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 81 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 1.664 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 127 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.656 km W of Salamatof, AK · 2811 days ago · 98 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.648 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 88 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.656 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 103 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.654 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 89 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.712 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 77 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.364 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.565 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 103 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.446 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 112 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 1.511 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.810 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.345 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 96 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 1.59 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.715 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 83 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.757 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 143 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.521 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.856 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 141 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.873 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 116 km deep · 87 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.615 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 87 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.072 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 112 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.858 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.746 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 100 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.475 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 122 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.667 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 109 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.529 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 75 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 109 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.710 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 50 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.847 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 81 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.815 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 54 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.64 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 40 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.643 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 93 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 92 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.533 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.751 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 80 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.266 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 109 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 106 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.015 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.655 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 146 km deep · 92 km away
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