M1.8 earthquake 45 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 45 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sun, Jan 30, 2022, 9:06 PM AKST (06:06 UTC), 99 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 44 km WNW of Nikiski, 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
- 2022-01-31 06:06:06 UTC
- Depth
- 99.4 km (61.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.217° N, 152.417° 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
- 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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.534 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 85 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.558 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 131 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.576 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.218 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.718 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.562 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 105 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.049 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 168 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.749 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 122 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 76 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.367 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 112 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 1.854 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 104 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.731 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 131 km deep · 84 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.858 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 105 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 74 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.060 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1705 days ago · 105 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.067 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 112 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.047 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 96 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.443 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.849 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 111 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.97 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.452 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 107 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.854 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 107 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.810 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.839 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 140 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.573 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1704 days ago · 118 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.51 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 98 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.752 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 132 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.644 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 79 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 98 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.431 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 69 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.032 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.749 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 155 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1703 days ago · 84 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.769 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 86 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.060 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 89 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.760 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 109 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 85 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.656 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 100 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.552 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 74 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.836 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 151 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.567 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1702 days ago · 113 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.859 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 143 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.647 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 129 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.070 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 114 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.057 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 103 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 7 · tsunami flag
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 103 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.738 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.586 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1701 days ago · 91 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.267 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 115 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.564 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 93 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.831 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 82 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.539 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 89 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.946 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 86 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.648 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 126 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.838 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 112 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.752 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1700 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 113 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.583 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 131 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.662 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1706 days ago · 99 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 110 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 97 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.652 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 99 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.942 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 132 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.719 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 88 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.728 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 78 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.935 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 139 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.669 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 111 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.851 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 132 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.858 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1707 days ago · 108 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.759 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 93 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.755 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 96 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.739 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.228 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 72 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.938 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1708 days ago · 129 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.237 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.144 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1709 days ago · 82 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
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