M1.8 earthquake 51 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 51 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 3:29 AM AKST (12:29 UTC), 104 km (65 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 21 km E of Pedro Bay, 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-05 12:29:12 UTC
- Depth
- 104.2 km (64.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.257° N, 152.507° 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
- 39
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.560 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 123 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.823 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 68 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.140 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 119 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.758 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 104 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.261 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 87 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.538 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 69 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.713 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 74 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.749 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 87 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.056 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 144 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.640 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 77 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.865 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 94 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.628 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.620 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 67 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.510 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 69 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.249 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 121 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2126 days ago · 72 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.848 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 109 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.725 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 69 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.023 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 73 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 111 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 92 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.670 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 111 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.069 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 101 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 94 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.839 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 136 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.941 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 82 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.767 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 111 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 83 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.671 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 114 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.626 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 62 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.54 km N of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.558 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 92 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.115 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 83 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.752 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 85 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.161 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 133 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.465 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 143 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.859 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 152 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.863 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 144 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.761 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 103 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.863 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 117 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.070 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 101 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 119 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.663 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 109 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.532 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 71 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.956 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 106 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.9Southern Alaska · 2124 days ago · 161 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.641 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 132 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2124 days ago · 99 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.371 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 123 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2123 days ago · 92 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.533 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 75 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 84 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 1.626 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 121 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.77 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 70 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Nanwalek, AK · 2123 days ago · 99 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.245 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 105 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.514 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.758 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 137 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.99 km ESE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 55 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.855 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 97 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.258 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 98 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.337 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 147 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.643 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 120 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 101 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2130 days ago · 96 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.553 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 120 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.021 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 84 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.73 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 62 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.269 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 114 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.8Southern Alaska · 2130 days ago · 117 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.468 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 94 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.335 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 150 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.630 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 77 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.870 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 113 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.661 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 98 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.655 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 95 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.768 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 108 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2131 days ago · 127 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 99 km deep · 41 km away
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