M1.8 earthquake 65 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 65 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 6:11 PM AKDT (02:11 UTC), 104 km (65 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 41 km W of Cohoe, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-08-14 02:11:45 UTC
- Depth
- 103.9 km (64.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.882° N, 152.419° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 68
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 169 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.474 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 102 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1510 days ago · 106 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.910 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.763 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 105 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.44 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
- 2.07 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 106 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.739 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 91 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.868 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 106 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.561 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 107 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 123 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 102 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 1508 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.666 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 128 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.510 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 92 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.980 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 132 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.868 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 108 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.971 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 123 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.867 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 111 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 102 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.54 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 65 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.25 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 107 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.622 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 75 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 108 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.829 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 72 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.532 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 76 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 80 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 118 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.266 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 113 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 1.533 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 76 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.518 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 62 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.525 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 74 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.867 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 102 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.625 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 78 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.522 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 68 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.269 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 104 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.066 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 119 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.018 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.446 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 90 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 1.55 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 54 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.715 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 72 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.549 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 84 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.96 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 85 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.510 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.867 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 108 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 106 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.610 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 71 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.321 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.761 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 115 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.737 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 90 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.736 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 76 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.571 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 114 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.538 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.560 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 99 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.963 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 131 km deep · 95 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.561 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 110 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.869 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 106 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 2.234 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 78 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.850 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 93 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.546 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.657 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 136 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.925 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 78 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.845 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 91 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.539 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.658 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 89 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.868 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 108 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.531 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 81 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.615 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.511 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.157 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 140 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1512 days ago · 92 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.969 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 112 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.953 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 98 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.265 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 144 km deep · 78 km away
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