M1.7 earthquake 7 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 7 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska on Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 2:17 PM AKDT (22:17 UTC), 46 km (29 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-23 22:17:00 UTC
- Depth
- 46.2 km (28.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.094° N, 151.567° 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
- 49
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.554 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 86 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.670 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 114 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.756 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 134 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.670 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 119 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.664 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 101 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.652 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 120 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 82 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.634 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 74 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.085 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 134 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.561 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 110 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.980 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 119 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 103 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.642 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 93 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.566 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 117 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.98 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 65 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.955 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 100 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.539 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.57 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 63 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 89 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.128 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 43 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.516 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 73 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.775 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 118 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.519 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 95 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 55 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.754 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 101 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.757 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 105 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.682 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 129 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.174 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 102 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.872 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 129 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.412 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.254 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 99 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.518 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 103 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.73 km W of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 57 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.562 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 93 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.611 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 53 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.562 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 114 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.662 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 126 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.942 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.565 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 106 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.87 km S of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 50 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.512 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 65 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.712 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 53 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.620 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.069 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 144 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.96 km NNE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 43 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.844 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 80 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.021 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 69 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.522 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 40 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.852 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 90 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.713 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 61 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.123 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 72 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.941 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 82 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.534 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 78 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.531 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 62 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.06 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 76 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.215 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 70 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 102 km deep · 60 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.640 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 87 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.765 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 99 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Kachemak, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 56 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.662 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 103 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.774 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 120 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.654 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.661 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 100 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1472 days ago · 86 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.845 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 88 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 106 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 112 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 94 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.542 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.544 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 83 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.662 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 98 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.656 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 99 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.261 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 110 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.661 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 106 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.854 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 137 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.065 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 116 km deep · 75 km away
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