M1.7 earthquake 37 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 37 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Mon, Apr 6, 2020, 8:24 AM AKDT (16:24 UTC), 74 km (46 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-04-06 16:24:20 UTC
- Depth
- 74.0 km (46.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.267° N, 152.187° 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
- 53
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 190 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.450 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 119 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 1.735 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 90 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.758 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 103 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 101 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.764 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 128 km deep · 55 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 · 44 km away
- 1.951 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 99 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 91 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 103 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.866 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 110 km deep · 86 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 · 55 km away
- 3.154 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.925 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 84 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.513 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 50 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.533 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 120 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 101 km deep · 60 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 · 88 km away
- 1.540 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 122 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.852 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 76 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.529 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 80 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.962 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 114 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.548 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 106 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 95 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.553 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 99 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.469 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 110 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.258 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 93 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 68 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.631 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.946 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 110 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.064 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 128 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.772 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 123 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.55 km ESE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 100 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.68 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 46 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.042 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 138 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.526 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 70 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.953 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 133 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.722 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.961 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 103 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.49 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 51 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.92 km WNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 52 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 115 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.754 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 84 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.618 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.568 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 124 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.549 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 102 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.843 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 87 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.729 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 97 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.743 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 122 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.531 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 74 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 84 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.212 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 51 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.533 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 129 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 93 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.450 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 130 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.85 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 52 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.612 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 105 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.858 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 112 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.516 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.845 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 73 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.938 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 131 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.242 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 77 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.958 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2371 days ago · 168 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.313 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 81 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 1.842 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 71 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.345 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 176 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.711 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.954 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 103 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.061 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 108 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.34 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 58 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.542 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 100 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.961 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 101 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.564 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 128 km deep · 56 km away
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