M1.6 earthquake 15 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska on Tue, Jan 8, 2019, 1:29 PM AKST (22:29 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 21 km SE 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-08 22:29:48 UTC
- Depth
- 87.0 km (54.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.062° N, 151.946° 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
- 52
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 177 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.831 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 155 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.641 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 82 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 102 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.556 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 100 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2819 days ago · 98 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.619 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 67 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.421 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 66 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 89 · tsunami flag
- 1.525 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.318 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 60 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.046 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 110 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.849 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 95 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.624 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 69 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.919 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.846 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 106 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 1.941 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 144 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 104 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.925 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 72 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.754 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 129 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.530 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 78 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.619 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 119 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.751 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 86 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.537 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 86 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 121 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.631 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 77 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 98 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.753 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 109 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 86 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 110 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.136 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 64 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.310 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 46 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.640 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 86 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.943 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 149 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.719 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 66 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.240 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.534 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 129 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.563 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 133 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 2815 days ago · 87 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.452 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 106 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.843 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 85 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.249 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 125 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.840 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 81 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.28 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.325 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 75 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.854 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 74 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.660 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 94 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.767 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 115 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.619 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.762 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 90 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.357 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 80 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.816 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.070 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 119 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.332 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.246 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 95 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 81 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.545 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 83 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.963 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 96 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.940 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 91 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.556 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 133 km deep · 71 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.562 km W of Anchor Point, AK · 2820 days ago · 101 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.072 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 112 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.064 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 100 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.064 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 98 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.060 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 101 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.835 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 67 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.562 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 98 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.746 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 100 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.475 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 122 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.561 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 98 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.529 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 75 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 109 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.530 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2821 days ago · 61 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.710 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 50 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.011 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.847 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 81 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.833 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 134 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.55 km N of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.661 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 116 km deep · 63 km away
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