M1.8 earthquake 44 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 44 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 4:33 PM AKST (01:33 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 51 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-13 01:33:48 UTC
- Depth
- 70.9 km (44.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.574° N, 152.579° 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
- 69
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
- 1.960 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 139 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.851 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 88 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 110 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 93 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.540 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 80 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.941 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 144 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.343 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 132 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 103 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.755 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.955 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 115 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.764 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 111 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.524 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 67 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.937 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 70 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 101 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 80 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.048 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 162 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.946 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 83 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.651 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 104 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.062 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 90 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.945 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 105 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.939 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 143 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.752 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 157 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 107 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.853 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 90 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.627 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 64 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.359 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 98 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.174 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 123 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 1357 days ago · 103 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.852 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1357 days ago · 95 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.973 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 83 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.557 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 137 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.238 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 143 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.614 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.613 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.847 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 54 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.62 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.64 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 48 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.638 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 76 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.070 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 112 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.738 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.060 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 122 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.141 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 162 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.352 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 142 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.663 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 101 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.867 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1356 days ago · 107 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.755 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 83 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 90 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 96 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.154 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 104 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 1.639 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 69 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1355 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.562 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 99 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.570 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.775 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 79 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.369 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 105 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.968 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 117 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 104 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.987 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1355 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.357 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 101 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 105 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.852 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 98 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.666 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 106 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 82 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.948 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 122 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.667 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 122 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 106 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.142 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 116 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 117 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.638 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 71 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 94 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 113 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.856 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 132 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.544 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.436 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 97 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.956 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 113 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.5Southern Alaska · 1361 days ago · 112 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.830 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 132 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 98 km deep · 17 km away
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