M1.9 earthquake 42 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 42 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Tue, Jan 11, 2022, 12:38 PM AKST (21:38 UTC), 80 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 48 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-11 21:38:47 UTC
- Depth
- 79.6 km (49.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.341° N, 152.176° 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
- 56
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
- 2.325 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.750 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 127 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.560 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 97 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.760 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 104 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 78 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.662 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.761 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 134 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 1.864 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 126 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.716 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.742 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 87 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.910 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 67 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.654 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 83 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.611 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.628 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 70 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.461 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.643 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 130 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 93 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 106 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.571 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 136 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.77 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 2.133 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1725 days ago · 79 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.515 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 76 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 105 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.643 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1724 days ago · 75 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.015 km NE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.846 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 110 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.317 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 93 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.836 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 90 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.756 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 101 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.456 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 108 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.116 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.646 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 108 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1723 days ago · 87 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.573 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 113 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 109 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.036 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 163 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.851 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 99 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.848 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 105 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.837 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 93 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.814 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.947 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1722 days ago · 116 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.960 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 101 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.727 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.041 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 73 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.354 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 91 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.854 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 143 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.559 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 102 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.531 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 81 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.454 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 122 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.667 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 106 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 100 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1721 days ago · 118 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.562 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 98 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.611 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 1721 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.656 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 101 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.050 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 114 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.97 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 1720 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.565 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 94 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.156 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 101 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.739 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 159 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.684 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 137 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.674 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 124 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.664 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 91 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.675 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1726 days ago · 135 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.624 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.912 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 1.743 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 76 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.744 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 128 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.533 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 80 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 97 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.712 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.67 km N of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 58 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.847 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 107 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.338 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 137 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.619 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.725 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1727 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
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