M1.6 earthquake 70 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 70 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Fri, Dec 2, 2022, 2:42 AM AKST (11:42 UTC), 118 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 51 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-02 11:42:26 UTC
- Depth
- 118.1 km (73.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.917° N, 152.501° 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
- 31
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
- 1.773 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 119 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 89 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1400 days ago · 102 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 117 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.659 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1400 days ago · 133 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.534 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.345 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 98 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.680 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 119 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 100 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 118 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.670 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 131 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.061 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1399 days ago · 112 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.339 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 98 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.628 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 98 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.846 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.762 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.654 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 96 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.668 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 111 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.753 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 89 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 96 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.843 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 69 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.119 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 78 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.965 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 125 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.527 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 75 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.777 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 124 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.53 km SE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 61 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.929 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.968 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 114 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.630 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 83 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.337 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 89 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.616 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 84 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.562 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 100 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.847 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 85 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.713 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 74 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.967 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 113 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.975 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 132 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.763 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 114 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.626 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 79 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.75 km ESE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.054 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 104 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.51 km N of Soldotna, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 117 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.746 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 88 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1394 days ago · 98 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.267 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 126 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.611 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.975 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 115 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.75 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.84 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.967 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 108 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.616 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.210 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 5
- 1.871 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 110 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 112 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1393 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.620 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.771 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 111 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 106 km deep · 11 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.54 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.557 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 100 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.059 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 98 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.561 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 97 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.086 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 144 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.613 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.662 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1401 days ago · 90 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1402 days ago · 118 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.646 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 93 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.071 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 113 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.055 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 95 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.039 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 81 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.163 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 135 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 1402 days ago · 159 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.55 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.742 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1402 days ago · 159 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.642 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 87 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.621 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 69 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.151 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1403 days ago · 98 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1403 days ago · 125 km deep · 11 km away
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