M1.5 earthquake 46 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 46 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska on Fri, Aug 23, 2019, 12:21 AM AKDT (08:21 UTC), 98 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 16 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-23 08:21:03 UTC
- Depth
- 97.5 km (60.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.126° N, 152.483° 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
- 41
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 167 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.857 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 84 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.061 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 86 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 64 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.163 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 109 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.917 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.134 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 92 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.719 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 70 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.916 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.624 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.331 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.749 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 89 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.716 km W of Anchor Point, AK · 2594 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.637 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 126 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.259 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 104 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.240 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 129 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.754 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 88 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.936 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 136 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.611 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 82 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.333 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 149 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.535 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 124 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.866 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 118 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.855 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 95 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.761 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 138 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.511 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 76 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 1.540 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 67 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.09 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 70 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 80 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.217 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 78 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.851 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 112 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.116 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 157 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 5 · tsunami flag
- 1.948 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 147 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.548 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 121 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2591 days ago · 73 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.858 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 142 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.635 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 119 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 122 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.316 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 89 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.565 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 133 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.018 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.349 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 111 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.652 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 106 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.772 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 126 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.932 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.027 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 77 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.970 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 170 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.871 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 122 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.657 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 85 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.964 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 106 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 73 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.562 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 104 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.038 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 68 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.759 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 98 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.213 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 78 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 72 km deep · 19 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.563 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 109 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.862 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 132 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 91 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.859 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 99 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.758 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 128 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.668 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.369 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 137 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.537 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 133 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.762 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 106 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 1.741 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 82 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.660 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 141 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.770 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.737 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 74 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.770 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 109 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.865 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 121 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.740 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 86 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.541 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 110 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.511 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 88 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2599 days ago · 102 km deep · 44 km away
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