Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 29 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 29 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sat, Feb 9, 2019, 1:08 PM AKST (22:08 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 46 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-02-09 22:08:29 UTC
Depth
88.0 km (54.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
60.166° N, 152.150° 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
73

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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.541 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 134 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.243 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 190 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.661 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 105 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 2.19 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 73 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.864 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 91 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.159 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 143 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.137 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 124 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.854 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.755 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 99 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.765 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 96 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.866 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 110 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.854 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 99 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 2.368 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 128 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.840 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 132 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.911 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 70 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 3.538 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 67 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 5
  17. 1.651 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 104 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.058 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 118 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 1.758 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 127 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.852 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 105 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 1.736 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 72 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 3.356 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 163 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.870 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 129 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 1.763 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 108 km deep · 38 km away
  25. 1.964 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 117 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 2.961 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 108 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 1.510 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 70 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 1.537 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 80 km deep · 22 km away
  29. 2.065 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 100 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 2.463 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 115 km deep · 55 km away
  31. 1.67 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
  32. 1.861 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 88 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 93 km deep · 26 km away
  34. 1.843 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 120 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 1.663 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 104 km deep · 59 km away
  36. 1.669 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 109 km deep · 45 km away
  37. 1.98 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 250 km deep · 39 km away
  38. 1.968 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 109 km deep · 49 km away
  39. 1.548 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 94 km deep · 25 km away
  40. 1.517 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
  41. 1.965 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 102 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 2.02 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 250 km deep · 32 km away
  43. 2.176 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 136 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 1.763 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 100 km deep · 34 km away
  45. 1.840 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 70 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 1.967 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 112 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 2.151 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 130 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 1.564 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 116 km deep · 54 km away
  49. 2.862 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 95 km deep · 65 km away
  50. 1.658 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 86 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 2.319 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 69 km deep · 50 km away
  52. 2.047 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 119 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 99 km deep · 30 km away
  54. 1.737 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 118 km deep · 98 km away
  55. 1.662 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 101 km deep · 59 km away
  56. 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 106 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 60 km deep · 100 km away
  58. 2.542 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 92 km deep · 16 km away
  59. 3.153 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 122 km deep · 63 km away
  60. 1.766 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 119 km deep · 52 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.536 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 76 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.953 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 127 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2787 days ago · 128 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 2.231 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 83 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.964 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 111 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 2.047 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 88 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 1.643 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 90 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 2.352 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 99 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 2.244 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 124 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.839 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.824 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 89 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 2.065 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 129 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 1.853 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 107 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 1.528 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 77 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2789 days ago · 124 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.528 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 82 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 1.524 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 66 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 1.927 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 76 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.759 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 137 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 1.853 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 103 km deep · 69 km away

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