M1.8 earthquake 45 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 45 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Fri, Aug 12, 2022, 12:56 PM AKDT (20:56 UTC), 91 km (57 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-08-12 20:56:09 UTC
- Depth
- 91.2 km (56.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.291° N, 152.325° 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
- 46
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
- 3.163 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 111 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.925 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 78 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.255 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 103 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.657 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 136 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.546 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 70 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.850 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 93 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.738 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 70 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.234 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.869 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 106 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 1.561 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 104 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.474 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 102 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1510 days ago · 106 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.763 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 105 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.44 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 65 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
- 1.543 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 87 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.547 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 131 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.959 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 90 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.011 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 57 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.739 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 91 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.868 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 106 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 123 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.221 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 10
- 1.651 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 102 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 90 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.666 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 128 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.913 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.510 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.628 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.017 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 92 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.980 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 132 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.663 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 89 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 101 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.868 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 108 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.971 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 123 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.867 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 111 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 102 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 103 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.845 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 134 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 107 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.622 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 75 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 103 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 108 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.829 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.532 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 76 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 80 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.157 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 102 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 118 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.266 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 113 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.533 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 76 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.518 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 62 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.662 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 127 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.525 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.562 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 105 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.946 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.633 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 72 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.262 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 98 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.867 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 102 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.625 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 78 km deep · 49 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.749 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 78 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.658 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 89 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 56 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.868 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 108 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 99 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.760 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 89 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.531 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 81 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.615 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 72 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1512 days ago · 116 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.153 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 104 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.157 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 140 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1512 days ago · 92 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.969 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 112 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.953 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 98 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.57 km N of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 2.265 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 144 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 93 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 120 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 1.551 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 96 km deep · 27 km away
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