M1.8 earthquake 15 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 15 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Sep 24, 2020, 2:08 PM AKDT (22:08 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 42 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-24 22:08:00 UTC
- Depth
- 60.8 km (37.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.057° N, 151.396° 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
- 54
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 119 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.713 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 45 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.529 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.720 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.842 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.311 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 58 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.559 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 89 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.744 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 40 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.555 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 94 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 2197 days ago · 115 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 99 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.540 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 87 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.769 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 102 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.914 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 47 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 2195 days ago · 85 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 114 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.046 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.56 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 52 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.342 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 91 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 1.96 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 70 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 110 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 103 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 100 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 81 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.627 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.124 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 71 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 91 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2192 days ago · 68 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.07 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 44 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.022 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.121 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.038 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.516 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.623 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.841 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.937 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.223 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.621 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.024 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.261 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.917 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.838 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.120 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 66 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.724 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 74 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.924 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.565 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 120 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.030 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 69 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.058 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 83 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.726 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 85 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 94 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.949 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 92 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.041 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.634 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 83 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.831 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.116 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.214 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 48 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.619 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 84 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.77 km W of Homer, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.873 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 120 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.682 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 141 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.817 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.63 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 53 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 91 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.417 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 55 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.252 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 95 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.86 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 79 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.742 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 79 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 104 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.558 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 97 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.834 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 73 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.653 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.821 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 59 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.719 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.272 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 123 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.145 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 71 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.112 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 51 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.749 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 85 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.514 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
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