M1.7 earthquake 15 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 15 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska on Tue, May 7, 2019, 5:53 AM AKDT (13:53 UTC), 60 km (37 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 2 km SW 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-05-07 13:53:04 UTC
- Depth
- 59.9 km (37.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.065° N, 151.938° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Automatic solution, may be revised
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.
- Stations used
- 42
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 160 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.952 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 102 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.668 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 111 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 122 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.136 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 121 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.656 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 79 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.561 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 98 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.954 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 100 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.812 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 60 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.560 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 126 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.045 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 75 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.018 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 76 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 99 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.652 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 88 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.964 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 87 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 80 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 107 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.220 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 27
- 1.858 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 98 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.064 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 97 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.939 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 138 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.950 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 95 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 108 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.966 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 106 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.927 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 75 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 102 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.457 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 81 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.529 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.662 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 110 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.050 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 123 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 93 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.551 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 86 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 127 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.548 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.575 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 133 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.565 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 102 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.670 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 109 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.945 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.932 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 69 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2699 days ago · 102 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.531 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 68 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.559 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 92 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.810 km E of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 73 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 2.317 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 55 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 98 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.619 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 1.783 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 135 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.963 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 137 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.47 km W of Seldovia, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 54 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.055 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 97 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2697 days ago · 135 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.364 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 131 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.729 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 82 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.652 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 151 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.947 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 129 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.034 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 73 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.350 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 103 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.261 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 99 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.550 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 118 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.837 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 85 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.230 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 69 km deep · 16 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.661 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 107 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2705 days ago · 82 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.627 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 67 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 112 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.529 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 73 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.686 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 126 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 95 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.841 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 74 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.659 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 95 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.939 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 128 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.859 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 106 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.160 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 142 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2706 days ago · 121 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.552 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 121 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.763 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 95 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.569 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 177 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 86 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.955 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 86 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.864 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 138 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.750 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 153 km deep · 83 km away
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