Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 46 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 46 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Jan 3, 2019, 9:08 AM AKST (18:08 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.7 60 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-03 18:08:40 UTC
Depth
94.6 km (58.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
60.167° N, 152.472° 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
33

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 105 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 1.677 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 125 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.658 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 89 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.760 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 102 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.625 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 78 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 2.245 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 90 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.530 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 79 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 1.648 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 86 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 2.468 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 138 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 2.114 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 58 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2787 days ago · 63 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 2.257 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 117 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 1.516 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 59 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 2.649 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 118 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 1.569 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 98 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 1.518 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 1.863 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 145 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 1.951 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 106 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.264 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 119 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 1.613 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 92 km deep · 9 km away
  22. 2.262 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 118 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 1.558 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 93 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 1.644 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 119 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 1.835 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 74 km deep · 39 km away
  26. 1.563 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 98 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 1.856 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 1.817 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 69 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 1.754 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 95 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 1.826 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 79 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 1.738 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 115 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 1.541 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 2.018 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 65 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 2.12 km NE of Kenai, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 1.853 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 103 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 1.759 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 137 km deep · 45 km away
  37. 1.927 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 76 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 1.524 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 66 km deep · 61 km away
  39. 1.528 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 82 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2784 days ago · 124 km deep · 56 km away
  41. 1.528 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 77 km deep · 21 km away
  42. 1.853 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 107 km deep · 8 km away
  43. 2.065 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 129 km deep · 27 km away
  44. 1.824 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 89 km deep · 36 km away
  45. 1.839 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
  46. 2.244 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 124 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 2.352 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 99 km deep · 23 km away
  48. 1.643 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 90 km deep · 3 km away
  49. 2.047 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 88 km deep · 41 km away
  50. 1.964 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 111 km deep · 25 km away
  51. 2.231 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 1.641 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 112 km deep · 91 km away
  53. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2783 days ago · 128 km deep · 40 km away
  54. 1.953 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 127 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 1.536 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 76 km deep · 44 km away
  56. 1.629 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 88 km deep · 18 km away
  57. 1.541 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 134 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 2.243 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 190 km deep · 69 km away
  59. 1.661 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 105 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 2.19 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 73 km deep · 52 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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