M1.5 earthquake 62 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 62 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Mon, Mar 6, 2023, 12:52 PM AKST (21:52 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 19 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-03-06 21:52:23 UTC
- Depth
- 95.3 km (59.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.166° N, 152.777° 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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.643 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 119 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 1308 days ago · 78 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1308 days ago · 93 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.963 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 119 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.157 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 91 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.364 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 107 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.451 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 159 km deep · 35 km away · tsunami flag
- 1.569 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 117 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.063 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.069 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 120 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.845 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1307 days ago · 83 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1307 days ago · 95 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.569 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 105 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 108 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.714 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.962 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 91 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.156 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 97 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.566 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 108 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.559 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 96 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.933 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1306 days ago · 103 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 80 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1306 days ago · 89 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.951 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 136 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.358 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 108 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.050 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 82 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 86 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.787 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 123 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.962 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 151 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.150 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 74 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.019 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.842 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 89 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.78 km WSW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 55 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.615 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1305 days ago · 60 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.516 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.039 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 133 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.763 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 93 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.751 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 83 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 90 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.946 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 90 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 1304 days ago · 106 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.227 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1304 days ago · 78 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.665 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 104 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.868 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 104 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 105 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.39 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.041 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 132 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 100 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 93 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 89 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.850 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 92 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.538 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.837 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 150 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.036 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 125 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.552 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 94 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.957 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 121 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.868 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 130 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.86 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1303 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.679 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 124 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 101 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.671 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1308 days ago · 117 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.658 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 113 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1309 days ago · 130 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.566 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 105 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.863 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 93 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 1309 days ago · 133 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.974 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 172 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.653 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 99 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.578 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 124 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.726 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 146 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.557 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 103 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.1Southern Alaska · 1309 days ago · 122 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 110 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 117 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.742 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.864 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 115 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 113 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.515 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1309 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away
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