M1.7 earthquake 43 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 43 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sun, Jan 5, 2020, 3:05 PM AKST (00:05 UTC), 81 km (51 mi) below the surface.
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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-06 00:05:58 UTC
- Depth
- 81.3 km (50.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.293° N, 152.284° 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
- 42
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 199 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.868 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 122 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 114 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.847 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 115 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.216 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 97 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.619 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.757 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 96 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 78 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.747 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 95 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.361 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 122 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 83 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 85 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.717 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.363 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 92 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.667 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 107 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.162 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 97 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.040 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 83 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.539 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.531 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 82 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.575 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 112 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.729 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.659 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 105 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.566 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 94 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.966 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 105 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.155 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 97 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 79 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.354 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 131 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.938 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 135 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 1.547 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 77 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 84 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.240 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 134 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 94 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 94 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 96 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.938 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 127 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.52 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.921 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 77 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.460 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 96 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 1.562 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 108 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.654 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 128 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.634 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 67 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 100 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.627 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 78 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 61 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.723 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 76 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.326 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.19 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 57 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.860 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 91 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.871 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 137 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.57 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 62 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.870 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 120 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 74 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 113 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.822 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.062 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 96 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.777 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 129 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.512 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.568 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 97 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.641 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 120 km deep · 83 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.55 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.839 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 80 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.352 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 105 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.859 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 96 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.845 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 107 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.031 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.153 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 114 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.648 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 82 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.835 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 84 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.113 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.59 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.719 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.143 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 141 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.913 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 97 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.661 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 108 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.657 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 98 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.716 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 76 km deep · 39 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0209x9a0f. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:26 AM UTC.