M1.7 earthquake 70 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 70 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Wed, Dec 9, 2020, 8:13 PM AKST (05:13 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 21 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-10 05:13:57 UTC
- Depth
- 118.8 km (73.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.199° N, 152.905° 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
- 26
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
- 1.663 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 109 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.532 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 71 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.956 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 106 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.9Southern Alaska · 2121 days ago · 161 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.641 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 132 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2121 days ago · 99 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.371 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 123 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2121 days ago · 92 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.566 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 89 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.533 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 75 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 84 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.626 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 121 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.77 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 70 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Nanwalek, AK · 2120 days ago · 99 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.527 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.245 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 105 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.514 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.758 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 137 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.99 km ESE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.967 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 109 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.842 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 124 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.754 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 95 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.67 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 111 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.335 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 140 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.842 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 136 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 94 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, AK · 2119 days ago · 96 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.768 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 105 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.745 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 85 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.153 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 107 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.544 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 84 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.930 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 75 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.634 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.353 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 125 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 5
- 1.728 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.044 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 95 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.568 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 111 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.723 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.718 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 80 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.656 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 102 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.364 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 101 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.951 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 88 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.855 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 103 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.058 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 98 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 95 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.623 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.636 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 87 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.917 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 80 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 107 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 108 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 96 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.045 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 81 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.656 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 97 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.741 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 83 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 111 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.243 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 81 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.559 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 115 km deep · 65 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.070 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 101 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.863 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 117 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.761 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 103 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.863 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 144 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.859 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 152 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.465 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 143 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.161 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 133 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.752 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 85 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.115 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 83 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.558 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 92 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.54 km N of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.626 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 62 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.671 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 114 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 83 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.767 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 111 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.941 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 82 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.839 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 136 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 94 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.069 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 101 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.670 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 111 km deep · 13 km away
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