M1.8 earthquake 56 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 56 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sun, Dec 27, 2020, 1:46 AM AKST (10:46 UTC), 107 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 55 km ENE 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
- 2020-12-27 10:46:13 UTC
- Depth
- 107.2 km (66.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.201° N, 152.631° 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
- 42
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
- 1.835 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 119 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.748 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 70 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.249 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 91 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.612 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.379 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 168 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.159 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 134 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.067 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 104 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.61 km WSW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.864 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 99 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.852 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 88 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.061 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 108 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.040 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 108 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.771 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 113 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.54 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.461 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 99 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.164 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 113 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.761 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 109 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.939 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 97 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.849 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 82 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.828 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 139 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.449 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 86 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.161 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 133 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.953 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 87 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 100 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 110 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 107 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.929 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 82 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.015 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 153 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 102 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.938 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 81 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 80 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.637 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 75 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.844 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 85 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.939 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 135 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.59 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.912 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 68 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 118 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.09 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 109 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.661 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 102 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.416 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 160 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.950 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 87 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.046 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 96 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 99 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.770 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 122 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.659 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 99 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.672 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 117 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.548 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 71 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.644 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 118 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.833 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 137 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 95 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.751 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 120 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.564 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 89 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.850 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 104 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 106 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.962 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 103 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.8Southern Alaska · 2101 days ago · 178 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.920 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 60 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 94 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.058 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 97 km deep · 37 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.539 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 122 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.766 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 114 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.658 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 93 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 77 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.580 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 133 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.037 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 128 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.954 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 109 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 108 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.928 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 81 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.958 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 101 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.168 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 121 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.946 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.868 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 107 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.223 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 63 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.024 km W of Ninilchik, AK · 2109 days ago · 67 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.743 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 83 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.510 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.919 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.535 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 72 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.030 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
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