M1.8 earthquake 20 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 20 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Dec 12, 2019, 9:02 AM AKST (18:02 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-12-12 18:02:38 UTC
- Depth
- 72.9 km (45.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.141° N, 151.984° 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
- 54
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 199 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.851 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 152 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.13 km W of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.218 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 68 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.857 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 88 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.530 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.759 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 107 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 105 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.136 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.77 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 71 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.66 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.96 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 107 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.8Southern Alaska · 2481 days ago · 153 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 1.663 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 108 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.535 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 78 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 107 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.714 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.714 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 74 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.746 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 151 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.041 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 135 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.556 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 110 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.927 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 70 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.112 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 68 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 2.059 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 98 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.69 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 57 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.247 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 77 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 96 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.248 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 76 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.153 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 104 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 87 · tsunami flag
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
- 1.564 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 97 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.461 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 122 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.821 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.613 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 58 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.560 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 126 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 85 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.651 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 89 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.753 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 103 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2477 days ago · 98 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.557 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 102 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.046 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 165 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.060 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 150 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.955 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 154 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.618 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 58 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.026 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 81 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 47 · tsunami flag
- 1.661 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 85 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.451 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 101 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.212 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 61 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 85 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.03 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 55 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.547 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 90 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 79 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.677 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 133 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 117 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 1.644 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 71 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.618 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.049 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 88 km deep · 42 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.840 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 97 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.634 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 76 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.538 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 76 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.130 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 121 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.043 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 112 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.838 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 145 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.650 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 80 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.728 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 87 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 94 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.444 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 162 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.620 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.615 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 77 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 94 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.661 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 87 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.146 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 92 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.430 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.957 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 97 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.941 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 68 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.715 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.849 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 86 km deep · 57 km away
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