M1.9 earthquake 7 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 7 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 4:20 AM AKST (13:20 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-22 13:20:20 UTC
- Depth
- 47.3 km (29.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.750° N, 151.345° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Automatic solution, may be revised
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.
- Stations used
- 40
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 160 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.13 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 189 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.523 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 59 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.738 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.528 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.067 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 113 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.583 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 118 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2445 days ago · 81 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.518 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 115 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.88 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.72 km SSE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 46 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 52 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.522 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.59 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 39 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.63 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.521 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 77 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.011 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 50 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.624 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.263 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 91 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.132 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.78 km SE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.053 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 82 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.850 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 82 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 94 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.527 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2441 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.87 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 56 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 106 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.537 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 94 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.532 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 73 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.518 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.123 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 71 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.727 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 73 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.616 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.741 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 78 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.620 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.418 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.830 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.624 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 90 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.67 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 57 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.511 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 67 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2436 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.556 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 96 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.542 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.813 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.519 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 60 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.524 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 71 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.747 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 86 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.357 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 94 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 149 · tsunami flag
- 1.511 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 1.670 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 109 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.016 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.56 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.576 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 121 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.36 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.554 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 87 km deep · 65 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 3.47 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 33
- 2.14 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 101 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.537 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.439 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 7
- 1.842 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.94 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.93 km N of Kenai, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 67 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.435 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 100 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.140 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 82 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.515 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 48 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.549 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.91 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 54 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 71 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.513 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 66 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.629 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 79 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.267 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 109 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.663 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 104 km deep · 75 km away
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