M1.5 earthquake 59 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 59 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Tue, Dec 29, 2020, 3:53 PM AKST (00:53 UTC), 107 km (66 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-30 00:53:22 UTC
- Depth
- 106.6 km (66.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.283° N, 152.635° 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
- 19
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.929 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 82 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.015 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 153 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 102 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.938 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 81 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.637 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.844 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 85 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.939 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 135 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.59 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.912 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 68 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 118 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.09 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 109 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.661 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 102 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.416 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 160 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.950 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 87 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.046 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 96 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 99 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.770 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 122 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.659 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 99 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.672 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 117 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.548 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.644 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 118 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.833 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 137 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 95 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.751 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 120 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.564 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 89 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.850 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 104 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 106 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.962 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 103 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.8Southern Alaska · 2100 days ago · 178 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 94 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.058 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 97 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.662 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 94 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 94 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.675 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 110 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.55 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 55 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.048 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 121 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.637 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 115 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.142 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 112 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.659 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 129 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.856 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 141 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.265 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 115 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.646 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 90 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.66 km S of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 46 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 108 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 111 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.047 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 159 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 86 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 95 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.653 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 142 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.955 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 100 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.971 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 126 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.638 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 93 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.363 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 116 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.07 km WSW of Fox River, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 52 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.967 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 110 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.563 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 96 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.973 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 124 km deep · 22 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.966 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 110 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 100 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.953 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 87 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.161 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 133 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.449 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 86 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.828 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 139 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.849 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 82 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.939 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 97 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.761 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 109 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.164 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 113 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.461 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 99 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.54 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.771 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 113 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.040 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 108 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.061 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 108 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.852 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 88 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.864 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 99 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.61 km WSW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.067 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 104 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.159 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 134 km deep · 39 km away
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