M1.5 earthquake 39 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 39 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sat, Aug 27, 2022, 11:00 PM AKDT (07:00 UTC), 75 km (46 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
- 2022-08-28 07:00:11 UTC
- Depth
- 74.6 km (46.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.109° N, 152.376° 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
- 67
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
- 2.338 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.518 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 98 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1495 days ago · 102 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.658 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 92 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.641 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 128 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.566 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 131 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.558 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 139 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.58 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 60 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 1.646 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 82 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.579 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 128 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.557 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 143 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 1494 days ago · 76 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.226 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 74 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.557 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 106 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.962 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 102 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 100 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 1493 days ago · 69 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 99 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.839 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 88 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.712 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.78 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 55 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.844 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 108 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.660 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 93 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.550 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 97 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.770 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 123 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.551 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 147 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.053 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 131 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 112 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.553 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 110 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 97 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.517 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 53 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.646 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1492 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.672 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 123 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.551 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.547 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 125 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.56 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 9
- 1.672 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 123 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.617 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.642 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 93 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.564 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 97 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.773 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 113 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 117 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.436 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 199 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 77 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.947 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 95 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.830 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 89 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.569 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 109 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.657 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 128 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.250 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 113 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1489 days ago · 119 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1489 days ago · 106 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.544 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 97 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.036 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 152 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 90 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.52 km E of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 54 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.555 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 137 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 100 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1488 days ago · 97 km deep · 31 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.546 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 153 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.939 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 92 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.571 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 124 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.816 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.662 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 134 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.051 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 69 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.540 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 92 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.412 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 70 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1498 days ago · 110 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1498 days ago · 89 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.041 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 137 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1498 days ago · 108 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 96 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 87 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 114 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.258 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 99 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.97 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 106 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 111 km deep · 25 km away
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