M1.7 earthquake 25 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 25 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Mar 2, 2023, 10:34 AM AKST (19:34 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 19 km SSW 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
- 2023-03-02 19:34:42 UTC
- Depth
- 68.5 km (42.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.100° N, 152.117° 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
- 31
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
- 1.978 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 106 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.641 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 91 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.051 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 100 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.161 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 102 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.944 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 86 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.518 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.271 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 136 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.265 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 113 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.861 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 107 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.848 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 92 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.553 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 105 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.961 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1311 days ago · 91 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.958 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 76 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.065 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 114 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.171 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 118 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.174 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 132 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.4Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1310 days ago · 106 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.964 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 121 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.946 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 87 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.730 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1310 days ago · 82 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.952 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 98 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.034 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 83 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.139 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 124 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.830 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 86 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.16 km SE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1310 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.622 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 79 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.261 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 97 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.850 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 127 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.057 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 104 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1309 days ago · 89 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.735 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 117 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.753 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 92 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.239 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 95 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.552 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 83 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.961 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 128 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.656 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 88 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 109 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1309 days ago · 106 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.535 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 78 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.744 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 141 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.666 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 118 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.515 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 66 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 113 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.742 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 74 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 117 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 110 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.1Southern Alaska · 1308 days ago · 122 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.557 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 103 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.726 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 146 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.578 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 124 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.653 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 99 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.974 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 172 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1308 days ago · 133 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.863 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 93 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.566 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1308 days ago · 130 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.658 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 113 km deep · 68 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.049 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 107 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.073 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 120 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.642 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 129 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.064 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 125 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1312 days ago · 90 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 84 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.066 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 108 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.162 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 101 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.352 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 107 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.158 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 104 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.848 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 91 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.073 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 126 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.054 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1312 days ago · 104 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.260 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 99 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 78 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.258 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 108 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.757 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 105 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.947 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.141 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 82 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.541 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1313 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
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