M1.6 earthquake 52 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 52 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sun, Aug 2, 2020, 11:22 PM AKDT (07:22 UTC), 105 km (65 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 32 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-03 07:22:04 UTC
- Depth
- 104.5 km (64.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.263° N, 152.503° 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
- 36
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 154 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.64 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 66 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.558 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 103 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.223 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.861 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 102 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.642 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 111 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.638 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 82 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.615 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.145 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 123 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.415 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 111 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.38 km NW of Sterling, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.261 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 141 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.563 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 90 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.445 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 130 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.565 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 114 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.667 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 109 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.173 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 118 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 40 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.847 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 90 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.032 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 180 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 73 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 107 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.560 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 98 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.876 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 124 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.746 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 145 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 78 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.032 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 142 km deep · 79 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.760 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 109 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 103 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.747 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 108 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.618 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 11
- 2.872 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 128 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 116 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.574 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 117 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.344 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 150 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.049 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 139 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.767 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 133 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.044 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 96 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.750 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 79 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 73 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.769 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 127 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.769 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 108 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.644 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 178 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.851 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 112 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.61 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.955 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 125 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 108 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.917 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.82 km S of Kasilof, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 59 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.539 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 185 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 97 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.718 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 158 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.459 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 106 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.134 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 77 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.053 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 103 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.58 km SE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.828 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 127 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.829 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 72 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.940 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 78 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.563 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 133 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.849 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 96 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 2.056 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 98 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.169 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 118 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.69 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.815 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 102 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.259 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 109 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.818 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.851 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.961 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 95 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.123 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.530 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 89 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.443 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 83 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.541 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 110 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.552 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 127 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 121 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.718 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.848 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 152 km deep · 56 km away
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