M1.6 earthquake 61 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 61 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sun, Mar 26, 2023, 9:29 AM AKDT (17:29 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 23 km NNW of Nanwalek, 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
- 2023-03-26 17:29:54 UTC
- Depth
- 113.0 km (70.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.319° N, 152.628° 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
- 41
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
- 1.975 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 137 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.740 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 74 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.636 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 123 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.238 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 113 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.043 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 81 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 125 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1288 days ago · 97 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.535 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 78 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.068 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 113 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.212 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.836 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 177 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.967 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 105 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.963 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 141 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.016 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 63 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 76 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 97 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.558 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 141 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.868 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 132 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 90 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.577 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 124 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.765 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 112 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.551 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 88 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1286 days ago · 152 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.548 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 106 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.537 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 181 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.841 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 79 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.673 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 135 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 81 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.58 km W of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.945 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 85 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.77 km NE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.659 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 88 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 124 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.549 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 88 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.664 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 108 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.166 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 92 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 95 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 82 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 68 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.765 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 126 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.065 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 93 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.963 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 111 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.664 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 112 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.550 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 80 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.934 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.29 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.524 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 67 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.663 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 102 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.85 km SE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 72 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.224 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 138 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.937 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 134 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.843 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 124 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.953 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 90 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.145 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 75 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.335 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 94 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 121 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1284 days ago · 122 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 93 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.254 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 96 km deep · 89 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.652 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 89 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.69 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1288 days ago · 54 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 10
- 1.750 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 99 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.745 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 124 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.336 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 119 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1289 days ago · 117 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 101 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.053 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 87 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.642 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 80 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.656 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 106 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 100 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 81 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.527 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1289 days ago · 66 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.61 km NNE of Homer, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.617 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.845 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 110 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 105 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.055 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 101 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.670 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 120 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.010 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
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