M1.7 earthquake 54 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 54 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 2:44 PM AKDT (22:44 UTC), 84 km (52 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 59 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2020-04-14 22:44:40 UTC
- Depth
- 83.5 km (51.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.362° N, 152.432° 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
- 61
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 176 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.618 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.568 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 124 km deep · 41 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 · 50 km away
- 1.729 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 97 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.743 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 122 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.531 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 74 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 84 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.212 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.533 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 129 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 93 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.450 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 130 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.737 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 76 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.630 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.624 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2357 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 2356 days ago · 105 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 106 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.950 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 80 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.692 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 189 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.716 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.050 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 119 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.153 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 149 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.341 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 136 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.854 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 119 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.641 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 83 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.850 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 106 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.671 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2354 days ago · 130 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.627 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2354 days ago · 129 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.681 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2354 days ago · 127 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.119 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2354 days ago · 69 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.741 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2354 days ago · 155 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.524 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.528 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 135 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.453 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 147 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.76 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.659 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 130 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.939 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.725 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 75 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.658 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 93 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.665 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 90 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.733 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 117 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 109 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.89 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.58 km ENE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.644 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 87 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.568 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 111 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.646 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 162 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.65 km ESE of Salamatof, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.958 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 93 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.061 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 87 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.310 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 64 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 6
- 2.454 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 104 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.644 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 137 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.042 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 132 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.539 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 111 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.054 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 95 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.824 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 67 km deep · 38 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.567 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 115 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.92 km WNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.49 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 51 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.961 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 103 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.722 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.953 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 133 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.526 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 70 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.042 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 138 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.68 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 100 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.55 km ESE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.772 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 123 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.064 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 128 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.946 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 110 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.631 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 68 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.258 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 93 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.469 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 110 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.572 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 131 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.553 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 99 km deep · 20 km away
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