M1.5 earthquake 12 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 12 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Dec 26, 2019, 1:00 AM AKST (10:00 UTC), 63 km (39 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-12-26 10:00:46 UTC
- Depth
- 62.8 km (39.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.973° N, 151.501° 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
- 27
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 199 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.952 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 104 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 92 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.511 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 56 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.842 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 84 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.517 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 64 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 77 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.957 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 99 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.473 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 115 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.359 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 109 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.658 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 91 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.164 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 115 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.89 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.864 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 108 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.158 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 153 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.218 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 1.545 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 90 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.59 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 47 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.53 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 62 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.060 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 98 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.911 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.951 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 119 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 67 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.258 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 98 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 53 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.848 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 116 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.88 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 58 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.632 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.839 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 89 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 78 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.533 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.252 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 81 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.065 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 121 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.528 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 43 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Anchor Point, AK · 2465 days ago · 95 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.426 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 67 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 5
- 2.315 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 64 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 94 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.968 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 102 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.716 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.646 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 85 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.629 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 79 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Homer, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 56 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.612 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 61 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.516 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 57 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.833 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 82 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.767 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 110 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.96 km ENE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 69 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
- 1.958 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 107 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.258 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 100 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.019 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.030 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.665 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 122 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.226 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 43 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 7
- 2.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.764 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 91 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.759 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 100 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.716 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 76 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.921 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.657 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 98 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.513 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 41 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.636 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 70 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.961 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 127 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.659 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 105 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 92 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.846 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 94 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 85 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 85 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.514 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.831 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 88 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.870 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 119 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.040 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.726 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.621 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 68 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.863 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 97 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.119 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 68 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.160 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 125 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.820 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 63 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.059 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 109 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.811 km ENE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
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