M1.5 earthquake 49 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 49 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Tue, Aug 9, 2022, 2:51 PM AKDT (22:51 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 64 km WNW of Anchor Point, 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
- 2022-08-09 22:51:50 UTC
- Depth
- 77.0 km (47.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.339° N, 152.338° 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
- 40
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
- 2.139 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 79 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.562 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 102 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.338 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 144 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.850 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 104 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1515 days ago · 104 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.811 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.345 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 85 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 2.059 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 95 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.744 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 86 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.54 km NE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 68 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 111 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 102 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 96 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 120 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 93 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.265 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 144 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.57 km N of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 1.654 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.953 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 98 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.969 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 112 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1513 days ago · 92 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.157 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 140 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.153 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 104 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1513 days ago · 116 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.615 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 72 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.531 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 81 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 89 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 99 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.868 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 108 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.658 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 89 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.749 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 78 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.845 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 91 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.163 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 111 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.925 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 78 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.255 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 103 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.657 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 136 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.546 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 70 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.850 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 93 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.738 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 70 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.234 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 78 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.869 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 106 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 1.561 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 104 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.474 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 102 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1511 days ago · 106 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.763 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 105 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.44 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 65 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
- 1.543 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 87 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.547 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 131 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.959 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 90 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.011 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 57 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.739 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 91 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.868 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 106 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 123 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.221 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 73 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 10
- 1.651 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 102 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 90 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.666 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 128 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.913 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 50 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.773 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 131 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.149 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 146 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.869 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 118 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.670 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 111 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.762 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 114 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.615 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.712 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.764 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 123 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.120 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 58 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.136 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 126 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.765 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 110 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 101 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.744 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 129 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.658 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 111 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.655 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 103 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1517 days ago · 110 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.671 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 96 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.539 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 124 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 100 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.540 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 83 km deep · 23 km away
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