M1.6 earthquake 35 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 35 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Tue, Jan 10, 2023, 10:43 PM AKST (07:43 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 58 km W of Tyonek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-11 07:43:49 UTC
- Depth
- 81.7 km (50.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.276° N, 152.127° 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
- 44
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
- 2.444 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 169 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.915 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 81 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 96 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.831 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.615 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 70 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.870 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 110 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.679 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 119 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.842 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 140 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.829 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 154 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 98 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 98 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.830 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 132 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.5Southern Alaska · 1361 days ago · 112 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.956 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 113 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.58 km WSW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 67 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.436 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 97 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.544 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 83 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.856 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 132 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 113 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 94 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.638 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 71 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 117 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.142 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 116 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 106 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.667 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 122 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.948 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 122 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 82 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.666 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 106 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.852 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 98 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 105 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.357 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 101 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.844 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.814 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1361 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.960 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 139 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.851 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 88 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 53 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.950 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 97 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 110 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 93 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.540 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.941 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 144 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.343 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 132 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1360 days ago · 91 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 103 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.955 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 115 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1359 days ago · 79 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.524 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 67 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.937 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 70 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 101 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 80 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 67 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.048 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 162 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.946 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.651 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 104 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 77 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.538 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1359 days ago · 76 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.062 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 90 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.939 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 143 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.752 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1358 days ago · 157 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.363 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1362 days ago · 108 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.256 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 126 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.174 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 125 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.971 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 123 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.878 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 137 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.525 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 78 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.066 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 117 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.860 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 112 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 1363 days ago · 75 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.814 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 68 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1363 days ago · 93 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.226 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 50 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.515 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.462 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.667 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 92 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 110 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.238 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 115 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.864 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 107 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.542 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1363 days ago · 87 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.862 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1364 days ago · 99 km deep · 66 km away
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