M1.6 earthquake 51 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 51 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 1:06 AM AKDT (09:06 UTC), 102 km (63 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-08-16 09:06:10 UTC
- Depth
- 102.1 km (63.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.293° N, 152.455° 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
- 1.561 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 90 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.666 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 128 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.913 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 50 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.510 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.017 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 92 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.980 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 132 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.663 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 89 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 101 km deep · 58 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 · 37 km away
- 1.867 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 111 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 102 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 103 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.845 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 134 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 107 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.622 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 75 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 103 km deep · 61 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 · 59 km away
- 1.532 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 76 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.157 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 102 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 118 km deep · 28 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 · 45 km away
- 1.518 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 62 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.662 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 127 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.525 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 74 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.562 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 105 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.946 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 81 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.633 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 72 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.262 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 98 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.867 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 102 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.625 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 78 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.651 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 87 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.663 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 90 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.522 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 68 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.144 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 171 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.269 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 104 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.238 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 123 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.066 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 119 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.249 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 134 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.446 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 90 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 2.057 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 100 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.940 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 75 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.55 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 54 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.715 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 72 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 84 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 85 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.666 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 103 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.867 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 108 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.615 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 76 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 106 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.610 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 71 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.238 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 143 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.745 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 123 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.321 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 90 km deep · 39 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 3.221 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 10
- 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 123 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.868 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 106 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.739 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 91 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 164 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.011 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 57 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.959 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 90 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.547 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 131 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.543 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 87 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.44 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
- 1.763 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 105 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1510 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.474 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 102 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 104 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.561 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.869 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 106 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
- 2.234 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 78 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.738 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.850 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 93 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.166 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 106 km deep · 99 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak022ah7xc49. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:52 AM UTC.