M1.6 earthquake 59 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 59 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Tue, Mar 21, 2023, 11:24 PM AKDT (07:24 UTC), 109 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 9 km WSW of Cohoe, 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-03-22 07:24:28 UTC
- Depth
- 108.6 km (67.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.245° N, 152.666° 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
- 30
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
- 1.849 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 92 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.543 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 79 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.017 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.162 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 138 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.958 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 90 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.744 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 74 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.068 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 107 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.048 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 131 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.719 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 67 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 103 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.967 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 120 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.957 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 84 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.157 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 77 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.543 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 84 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1292 days ago · 117 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.86 km WNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.043 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 115 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.965 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 96 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.640 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 85 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.740 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 81 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.139 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 68 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.955 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 120 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.730 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 127 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 110 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.939 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 126 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.848 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 108 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 124 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.010 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 68 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1291 days ago · 118 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 101 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.010 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.670 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 120 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.055 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 101 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 105 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.845 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 110 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.617 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.61 km NNE of Homer, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.527 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 66 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 81 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 100 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.656 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 106 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.642 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 80 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.053 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 87 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 101 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1289 days ago · 117 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.336 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 119 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.935 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.745 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 124 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 99 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.69 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 54 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 10
- 1.652 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 89 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 113 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.956 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.975 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 137 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.740 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 74 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.636 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 123 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.238 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 113 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.043 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 81 km deep · 22 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.673 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 113 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.62 km SE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.738 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 79 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 124 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.540 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 80 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.235 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.932 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 127 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.733 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 78 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.037 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 121 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.033 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.054 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 97 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.269 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 120 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.066 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 110 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.056 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 102 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.136 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 169 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1295 days ago · 104 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.636 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 87 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.345 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 158 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 96 km deep · 15 km away
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