M1.6 earthquake 22 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 22 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Mon, Sep 12, 2022, 7:59 AM AKDT (15:59 UTC), 63 km (39 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
- 2022-09-12 15:59:28 UTC
- Depth
- 62.6 km (38.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.218° N, 151.889° 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
- 28
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
- 1.520 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.872 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 122 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.945 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 164 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.220 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
- 1.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.745 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 87 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.958 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 99 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.838 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 82 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.357 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 95 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.16 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 47 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 55 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.514 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 58 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 113 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.734 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 135 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.757 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 104 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.568 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 110 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.751 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 146 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.662 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 160 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.060 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 132 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 94 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.554 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 111 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.627 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 70 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.075 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 127 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 134 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.442 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 102 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.518 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 69 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.549 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 87 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.649 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 94 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 104 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.531 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 73 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1480 days ago · 125 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.626 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 67 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.824 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 69 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.755 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 124 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.060 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 123 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.643 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 114 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.664 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 85 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.660 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 95 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.417 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1479 days ago · 63 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.60 km WSW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.561 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 97 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.25 km NE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 97 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.772 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 119 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.750 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 105 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 1.866 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 111 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.268 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 125 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.514 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 54 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.545 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 80 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.88 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.640 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 118 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.540 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 82 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.624 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 76 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1478 days ago · 109 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.615 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 66 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.834 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 78 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.052 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 147 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.761 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 88 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.274 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 121 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 107 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.368 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 120 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.817 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.548 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 86 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.74 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 52 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.742 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 85 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 96 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.54 km ENE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 69 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.840 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 126 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.69 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.514 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.99 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 61 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.675 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 130 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.641 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 78 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 86 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1484 days ago · 108 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.512 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.238 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 182 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.635 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 78 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.736 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 81 km deep · 42 km away
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