M1.8 earthquake 34 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 34 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Fri, Oct 23, 2020, 5:59 AM AKDT (13:59 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 87 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-23 13:59:39 UTC
- Depth
- 68.7 km (42.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.137° N, 152.266° 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
- 35
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and 177 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.147 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 138 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.222 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 66 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.848 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 86 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.171 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 116 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.362 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 91 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.158 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 92 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.045 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 117 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.027 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 75 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 83 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.644 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 82 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.813 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 61 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2168 days ago · 103 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.460 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 104 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.717 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 65 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.929 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 80 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.721 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 67 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.957 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 106 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.047 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 113 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.047 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 96 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.610 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 56 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.256 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 100 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.262 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 118 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.062 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 99 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.52 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.132 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 138 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.726 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 84 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2166 days ago · 121 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.058 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 99 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.637 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 117 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.913 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 48 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.813 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.858 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.066 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 121 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.959 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 95 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.542 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 110 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 81 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.048 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 138 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.740 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 116 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.638 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.837 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 116 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.848 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 141 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.068 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 118 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.126 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 64 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.666 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 101 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.745 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 119 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.545 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.910 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.043 km E of Nikiski, AK · 2162 days ago · 85 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.622 km NNW of Nikiski, AK · 2162 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.729 km SE of Nikiski, AK · 2162 days ago · 82 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.945.6 km WSW of Pedro Bay, AK · 2162 days ago · 151 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.063.1 km WSW of Pedro Bay, AK · 2162 days ago · 123 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.434 km W of Nanwalek, AK · 2162 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.746 km WSW of Anchor Point, AK · 2162 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.523 km E of Kalifornsky, AK · 2162 days ago · 71 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.962 km ESE of Ninilchik, AK · 2162 days ago · 107 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.836 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 134 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.078 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 112 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.971 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 111 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.660 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 130 km deep · 54 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.761 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 103 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.762 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 103 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.355 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 103 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.331 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 130 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 82 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.731 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2171 days ago · 133 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.52 km SW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 67 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 84 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 81 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.540 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 83 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 101 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.019 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 61 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.757 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 128 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.951 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 133 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 105 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.844 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 140 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.961 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 100 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.540 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 88 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 105 km deep · 72 km away
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