M1.6 earthquake 20 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 20 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sat, Dec 10, 2022, 3:04 AM AKST (12:04 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 45 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
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
- 2022-12-10 12:04:11 UTC
- Depth
- 71.7 km (44.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.170° N, 151.936° 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
- 46
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.771 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 111 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.961 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 103 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 93 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.743 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 110 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.661 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 95 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 106 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.46 km W of Kenai, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 57 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.154 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.539 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 96 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.338 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.521 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 63 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.916 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 80 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.861 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 122 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.865 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 120 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.961 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 122 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.047 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 89 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.88 km S of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.66 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 60 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.8Southern Alaska · 1391 days ago · 69 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 106 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.723 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 70 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1391 days ago · 99 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.828 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 86 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.910 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.961 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 103 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.037 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.366 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 104 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.713 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.570 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 119 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.612 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 70 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.138 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 134 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.937 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 121 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.112 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 79 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 2.320 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 83 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.649 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 81 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.864 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 125 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1389 days ago · 89 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.552 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 81 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1389 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.734 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 74 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.841 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 161 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 74 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.761 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 128 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.560 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 101 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.359 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 103 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.669 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 104 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.542 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 84 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.535 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 73 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 1388 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.829 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 89 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.569 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 111 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.67 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 56 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 77 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 95 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 80 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.814 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 69 km deep · 48 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 1393 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.860 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 122 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.73 km E of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 112 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.155 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 118 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 1393 days ago · 118 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.614 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 48 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.815 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 67 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.860 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 93 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.857 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 94 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.246 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 111 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.967 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 108 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.56 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 54 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.727 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 81 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.860 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 102 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.66 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 68 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.975 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 115 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.611 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.744 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 79 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.267 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 126 km deep · 85 km away
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