M1.5 earthquake 42 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 42 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Fri, Apr 3, 2020, 5:16 AM AKDT (13:16 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 20 km SW of Anchor Point, 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-04-03 13:16:48 UTC
- Depth
- 99.6 km (61.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.287° N, 152.271° 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
- 66
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 186 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.061 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 108 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.954 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 103 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.711 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.345 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 176 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.842 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 71 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.313 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 81 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 1.958 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2371 days ago · 168 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.242 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2371 days ago · 77 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.938 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2371 days ago · 131 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.845 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2371 days ago · 73 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.516 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2371 days ago · 59 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.858 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 112 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 105 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.612 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 42 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.737 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 74 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.450 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 119 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 1.735 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 90 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.758 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 103 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 101 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.764 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 128 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.658 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 97 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.868 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 116 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.951 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 99 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 91 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 103 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.866 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 110 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 74 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.133 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.154 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.925 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 84 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.513 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.533 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 120 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 101 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.826 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.528 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.540 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 122 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.852 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.529 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 80 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.962 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 114 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.548 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 106 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 95 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.553 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 99 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.469 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 110 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.258 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 93 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 68 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.631 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 71 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.946 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 110 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.064 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 128 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.772 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 123 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.55 km ESE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 48 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 100 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.68 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.042 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 138 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.526 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 70 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.953 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 133 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.722 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.961 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 103 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.49 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.961 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 101 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 67 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.564 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 128 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.612 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 46 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.518 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 73 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.662 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 134 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.879 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 118 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.570 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 106 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.039 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 128 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 102 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.855 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 99 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.553 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 98 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.658 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 102 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 93 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.850 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 84 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.79 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.053 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.956 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 135 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.918 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 58 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.564 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 98 km deep · 58 km away
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