M1.7 earthquake 5 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 5 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska on Thu, Dec 5, 2019, 3:29 AM AKST (12:29 UTC), 49 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km W of Salamatof, 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-12-05 12:29:47 UTC
- Depth
- 48.9 km (30.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.859° N, 151.584° 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
- 44
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 198 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.717 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 68 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.255 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 98 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.663 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 113 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 3.060 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 84 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.738 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 67 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.328 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 65 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.734 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 80 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.67 km S of Kasilof, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 62 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.052 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 103 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.65 km SE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 51 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.528 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 67 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.160 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 101 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 91 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.548 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 86 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.144 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 90 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.834 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 78 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.08 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 61 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.417 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.621 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.064 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 91 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.849 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 86 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.715 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.941 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.957 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 97 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.038 km WNW of Seward, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.430 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 69 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.146 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 92 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.661 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 87 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.615 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.620 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 94 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.728 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 87 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.650 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 80 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.538 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.634 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 76 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.840 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 97 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.820 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 73 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.13 km W of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.218 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 68 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.857 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 88 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.530 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.759 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 107 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 105 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.946 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.136 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.77 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 71 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.66 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.857 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 78 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.96 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.860 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 107 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 108 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.535 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 78 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 107 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.714 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.714 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.556 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 110 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.530 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.431 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.945 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.156 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 104 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 109 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.721 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.056 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.513 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2497 days ago · 95 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 92 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.538 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.521 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 74 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.549 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 88 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 92 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.545 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 81 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.72 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.57 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 52 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.735 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 73 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.731 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 56 km deep · 66 km away
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