M1.6 earthquake 13 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 13 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska on Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 10:30 PM AKDT (06:30 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 62 km NW of Ninilchik, 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
- 2019-08-13 06:30:24 UTC
- Depth
- 53.1 km (33.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.172° N, 151.658° 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
- 48
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 126 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.644 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.043 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 131 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.611 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 68 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.562 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 116 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.46 km ESE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 53 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.858 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 102 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 89 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.961 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 93 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.949 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 140 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.622 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 67 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.569 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 108 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 122 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.958 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 83 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.511 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 72 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 116 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.563 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 90 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 98 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 79 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.651 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 81 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.729 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.048 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 106 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.010 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.850 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 115 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.251 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 88 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.147 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 73 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.544 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 128 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.519 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 83 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.155 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 100 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 110 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.615 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.55 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 61 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.552 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 115 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2598 days ago · 102 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 88 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.511 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.928 km WNW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.740 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 86 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.865 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 121 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.770 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 109 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.737 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 74 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.770 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.660 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 141 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.741 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 82 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.762 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 106 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.369 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 137 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.758 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 128 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.859 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 99 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 91 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.862 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 132 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 109 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.546 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 98 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.061 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 86 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 64 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.163 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 109 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.917 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 61 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.134 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 71 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 92 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.719 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 70 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.916 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 59 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.624 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 58 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.769 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 101 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 57 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.748 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 103 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.553 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 152 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.523 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.617 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 59 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.634 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 95 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.910 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 62 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.96 km SSE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 66 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.845 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.853 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 113 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.251 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 91 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.026 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 53 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.527 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 77 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.046 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 92 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.170 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 144 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.551 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 110 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.552 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 98 km deep · 59 km away
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