M1.9 earthquake 16 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 16 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sat, Nov 21, 2020, 4:58 AM AKST (13:58 UTC), 74 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 47 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-21 13:58:43 UTC
- Depth
- 73.8 km (45.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.188° N, 151.771° 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
- 57
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 179 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.961 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.171 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 100 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.039 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 90 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.843 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 80 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.526 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 81 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 103 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.549 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 80 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.57 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 60 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.566 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 104 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.066 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 111 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.944 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 98 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.822 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.527 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.372 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 135 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.048 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 130 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.54 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 60 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.33 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 73 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.06 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 73 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.650 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 89 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.938 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 70 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.866 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 146 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.548 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 100 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.622 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.54 km N of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 65 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.650 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 88 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.537 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 86 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.510 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 76 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.620 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 65 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.051 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 119 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.623 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.450 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 99 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.058 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 110 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.756 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 92 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.811 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.548 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 85 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.143 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.723 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 53 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.634 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.765 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 110 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.730 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.867 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 107 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.049 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 114 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 87 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.518 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 60 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 79 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.46 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.349 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 90 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.929 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.856 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 93 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.757 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.54 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 71 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 91 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.529 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 80 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.764 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 105 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 97 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.748 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 95 km deep · 49 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.97 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 63 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.820 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 71 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.88 km NNW of Kachemak, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 57 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.554 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 137 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.931 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 74 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.059 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 94 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.522 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.357 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 114 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 57 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 94 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.818 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 62 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.150 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 107 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.312 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 53 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.369 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 106 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 90 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.949 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 81 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.877 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 114 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.612 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.047 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 123 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.574 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 120 km deep · 67 km away
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