M1.9 earthquake 17 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 17 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska on Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 8:55 AM AKST (17:55 UTC), 80 km (50 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
- 2020-12-15 17:55:03 UTC
- Depth
- 80.0 km (49.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.066° N, 151.989° 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
- 67
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
- 1.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 107 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 108 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 96 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.045 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.656 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 97 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.741 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 83 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 111 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.243 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 81 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.559 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 115 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.947 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 108 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 73 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 109 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.654 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 96 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.938 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 132 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 113 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 103 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.719 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 80 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.516 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 72 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.951 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.151 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 121 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.64 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 63 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.865 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 79 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 83 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.044 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 119 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.821 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 70 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.229 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 70 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.949 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 72 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.13 km W of Kasilof, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.569 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 119 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.342 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 94 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.648 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 122 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.620 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 69 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.963 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 102 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.844 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 124 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.723 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 75 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.860 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 116 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.670 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 118 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.751 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.964 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 91 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.549 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 120 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.513 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 55 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.677 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 104 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.912 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 59 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.616 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 62 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.556 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 112 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.82 km NW of Kachemak City, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.652 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 101 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 103 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.530 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 75 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.340 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 68 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 74 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.342 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 167 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.320 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 81 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.08 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 63 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.054 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 88 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.949 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 99 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.019 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 62 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.913 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 64 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.335 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 137 km deep · 88 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.636 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 87 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.623 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.730 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 95 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.058 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 98 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.611 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.855 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 103 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.951 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 88 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.364 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 101 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.656 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 102 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 80 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.718 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 66 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.723 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 80 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.044 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 95 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.728 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 70 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.55 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 66 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.353 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 125 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 5
- 1.634 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 69 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.930 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 75 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.544 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 84 km deep · 50 km away
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