M1.6 earthquake 56 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 56 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Fri, Sep 9, 2022, 11:11 AM AKDT (19:11 UTC), 89 km (55 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
- 2022-09-09 19:11:35 UTC
- Depth
- 89.3 km (55.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.315° N, 152.541° 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
- 18
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
- 1.653 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 82 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 82 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.736 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 81 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.635 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 78 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.238 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 182 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 75 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 108 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 86 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.641 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 78 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.675 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 130 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.99 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.833 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 126 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.840 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 126 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.54 km ENE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 96 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.742 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 85 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.763 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 116 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.74 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 52 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.548 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 86 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.817 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 66 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.368 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 120 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.622 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 63 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.520 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.740 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 117 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.872 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 122 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.945 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 164 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.329 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 142 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.220 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
- 1.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 105 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.745 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 87 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.958 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 99 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.838 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 82 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.357 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 95 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.16 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 93 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 55 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.514 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 58 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 113 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.734 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 135 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.757 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 104 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.734 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 128 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.568 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 110 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.751 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 146 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.662 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 160 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.060 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 132 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 94 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.554 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 111 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.627 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 70 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.075 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 127 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 134 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.442 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 102 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.518 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.549 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 87 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.649 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 94 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 104 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.531 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 73 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1478 days ago · 125 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.626 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 67 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.824 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 69 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.755 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 124 km deep · 57 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.148 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 183 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 84 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.99 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 56 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.751 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 93 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.52 km WSW of Kasilof, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.761 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 122 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.1Southern Alaska · 1485 days ago · 137 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.626 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 83 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.634 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 85 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 82 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.542 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 118 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.661 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 103 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 99 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1486 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1486 days ago · 93 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.555 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 124 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1487 days ago · 141 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.55 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 69 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.569 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 123 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.521 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1487 days ago · 71 km deep · 93 km away
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