M1.6 earthquake 4 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 4 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska on Mon, Aug 3, 2020, 3:15 AM AKDT (11:15 UTC), 66 km (41 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 38 km WNW of Nanwalek, 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 11:15:04 UTC
- Depth
- 65.8 km (40.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.031° N, 151.590° 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
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 136 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.521 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.558 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 103 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.223 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 62 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.861 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 102 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.615 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.145 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 123 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.415 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 65 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 111 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.38 km NW of Sterling, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.261 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 141 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.563 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 90 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.445 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 130 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.565 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 114 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.173 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 118 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.517 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 107 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.560 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 98 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 78 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.125 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 109 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 103 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.618 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 63 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 11
- 1.57 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 116 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.574 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 117 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.218 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.767 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 133 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.044 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 96 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.750 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 79 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.769 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 108 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.851 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 112 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.61 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.028 km W of Seward, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.955 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 125 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 108 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.917 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 62 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.82 km S of Kasilof, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 59 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 97 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.459 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 106 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.134 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 77 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.053 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 103 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.58 km SE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.829 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 72 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.940 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 78 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.657 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 154 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.577 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 132 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.555 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 97 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.69 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 82 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.656 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 99 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 91 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2235 days ago · 82 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.310 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 72 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
- 1.665 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 107 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.650 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 112 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.423 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 82 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.76 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.652 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 105 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.620 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.563 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 133 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.849 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 96 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 47 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
- 2.056 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 98 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.169 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 118 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.69 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 62 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.942 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.815 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 67 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 102 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.818 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 66 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.961 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 95 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.123 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.530 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 89 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.443 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 83 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.93 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.552 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 127 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 121 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.718 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 68 km deep · 33 km away
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