M1.7 earthquake 61 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 61 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Sat, Dec 10, 2022, 9:06 AM AKST (18:06 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 58 km W of Tyonek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-10 18:06:50 UTC
- Depth
- 105.5 km (65.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.839° N, 152.382° 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
- 53
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
- 2.46 km W of Kenai, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.539 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 96 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.521 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.916 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 80 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.861 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 122 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.865 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 120 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.047 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 89 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.336 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 195 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.661 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 110 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.8Southern Alaska · 1391 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.525 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 73 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 106 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.723 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.972 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 125 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.828 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 86 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.64 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.713 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 59 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.570 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 119 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.612 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 70 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1390 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.112 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 79 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.320 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 71 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.864 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 125 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1389 days ago · 88 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.547 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.761 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 128 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 78 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.669 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 104 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.542 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 84 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 1388 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.569 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 111 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.67 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 56 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 95 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 80 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.814 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 69 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.648 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 94 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.444 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.97 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 1.99 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.838 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 60 · tsunami flag
- 2.149 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 88 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.657 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 103 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.653 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 92 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.617 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 75 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.641 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 88 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.558 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 101 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.661 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 127 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.629 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 81 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.513 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 59 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.135 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.818 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.437 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 75 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.735 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 89 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1385 days ago · 111 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.728 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.631 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1385 days ago · 79 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.764 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 130 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.643 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1384 days ago · 81 km deep · 48 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.771 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 111 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.620 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 72 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1393 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.860 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 122 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 112 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.871 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 110 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.815 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 67 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.857 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.210 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 5
- 1.616 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.967 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 108 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.727 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.84 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.75 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.975 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 115 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.611 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.267 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 126 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1394 days ago · 98 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.630 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.746 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 88 km deep · 39 km away
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