M1.7 earthquake 12 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 12 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Jan 17, 2019, 6:07 AM AKST (15:07 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 57 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-17 15:07:52 UTC
- Depth
- 76.5 km (47.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.113° N, 151.848° 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
- 60
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.061 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 95 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 74 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.132 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 74 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 1.565 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 103 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.446 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 112 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 1.840 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 115 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.158 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 93 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.824 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 68 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.644 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 124 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.733 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 68 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.810 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 60 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.345 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 96 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 1.59 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 64 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.715 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 83 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.757 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 143 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.864 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 91 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.653 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 125 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.856 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 141 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 100 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.873 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 116 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 87 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.570 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 101 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 99 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.037 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 1.565 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 64 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.057 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 98 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 73 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.733 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 132 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.753 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 98 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 1.735 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 114 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.630 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.840 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 121 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 82 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.528 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.359 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 99 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.453 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 74 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 106 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 1.718 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2806 days ago · 61 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.754 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 106 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.964 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 109 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 109 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 93 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.856 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 100 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.640 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 86 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.530 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2805 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.425 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 68 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.655 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 94 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.614 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.550 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 108 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 1.767 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 104 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.364 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 111 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.616 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 68 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.137 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 132 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 1.710 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.654 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 89 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.648 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 88 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.551 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.67 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 55 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.656 km W of Salamatof, AK · 2811 days ago · 98 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.664 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 127 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.836 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 123 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.762 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 102 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.533 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.638 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 90 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 1.742 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 92 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 97 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.145 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 159 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.780 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 121 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.556 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 133 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.940 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 91 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.963 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 96 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.545 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 83 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.725 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
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