M1.5 earthquake 49 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 49 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Mar 30, 2023, 12:28 AM AKDT (08:28 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 74 km E of Port Alsworth, 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-03-30 08:28:27 UTC
- Depth
- 87.8 km (54.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.350° N, 152.335° 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
- 46
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
- 1.664 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 108 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 95 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.516 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 54 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 82 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 68 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.765 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 126 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.065 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 93 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.963 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 111 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.664 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 112 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.550 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 80 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.934 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 71 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.29 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.524 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 67 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.663 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 102 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.85 km SE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 72 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.224 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 138 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.937 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 134 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.843 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 124 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.953 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 90 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.145 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 75 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.335 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 94 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 121 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1284 days ago · 122 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 93 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.254 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 96 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1284 days ago · 108 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.831 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 76 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.044 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 124 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.260 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 94 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 84 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1283 days ago · 95 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 97 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.646 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 81 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.656 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 95 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.658 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 98 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.614 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.769 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 97 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 112 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.268 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 108 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.223 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1283 days ago · 194 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 108 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 62 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.265 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 107 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.868 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 112 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.852 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 125 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.549 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 87 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.517 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 54 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.068 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 111 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.558 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 145 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.660 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 102 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 71 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1282 days ago · 100 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.846 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1282 days ago · 129 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.842 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 149 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.573 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 120 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 80 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.510 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.541 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 78 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 111 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.772 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1281 days ago · 116 km deep · 42 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.044 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 95 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 124 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.659 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 88 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 70 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.77 km NE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.945 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1285 days ago · 85 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.58 km W of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 81 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.673 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 135 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.841 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 79 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.537 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 181 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.551 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 88 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.219 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1286 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.765 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 112 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.577 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 124 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 90 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.868 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 132 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.558 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 141 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 97 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1287 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
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