M1.6 earthquake 47 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 47 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska on Sat, Dec 7, 2024, 12:45 PM AKST (21:45 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 47 km NW of Ninilchik, 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
- 2024-12-07 21:45:58 UTC
- Depth
- 95.4 km (59.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.086° N, 152.543° 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
- 28
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
- 1.69 km E of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 665 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.637 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 665 days ago · 67 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.329 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 665 days ago · 85 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.764 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 665 days ago · 105 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.569 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 665 days ago · 112 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.539 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 665 days ago · 91 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 665 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.033 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 665 days ago · 179 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 665 days ago · 105 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.953 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 665 days ago · 146 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.268 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 665 days ago · 112 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.068 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 665 days ago · 113 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.547 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 664 days ago · 135 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.971 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 664 days ago · 126 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.078 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 664 days ago · 122 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.962 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 664 days ago · 99 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.833 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 664 days ago · 77 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.948 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 664 days ago · 82 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.826 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 663 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.043 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 663 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.164 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 663 days ago · 118 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.265 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 663 days ago · 113 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.554 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 663 days ago · 99 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.321 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 663 days ago · 148 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.328 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 663 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 2.119 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 663 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.922 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 663 days ago · 68 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.867 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 662 days ago · 118 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.058 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 662 days ago · 139 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.27 km ESE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 662 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75 km ESE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 662 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.63 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 662 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.159 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 662 days ago · 133 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.051 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 662 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.943 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 661 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.937 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 661 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.245 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 661 days ago · 90 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.824 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 661 days ago · 70 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.640 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 661 days ago · 88 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.926 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 661 days ago · 79 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.947 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 661 days ago · 120 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.061 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 661 days ago · 99 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.959 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 661 days ago · 130 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.825 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 661 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.516 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 661 days ago · 67 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.142 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 661 days ago · 83 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.719 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 661 days ago · 64 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.643 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 660 days ago · 90 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.913 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 660 days ago · 65 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.73 km NNW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 660 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.529 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 660 days ago · 71 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.857 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 660 days ago · 77 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.638 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 660 days ago · 77 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.464 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 660 days ago · 101 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.832 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 660 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.537 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 660 days ago · 87 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 660 days ago · 98 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.635 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 660 days ago · 121 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.638 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 660 days ago · 105 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.610 km E of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 660 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.668 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 666 days ago · 93 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.664 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 666 days ago · 99 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.862 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 666 days ago · 144 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.838 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 666 days ago · 77 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.038 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 666 days ago · 124 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.762 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 666 days ago · 99 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.137 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 666 days ago · 127 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.848 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 666 days ago · 90 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.017 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 667 days ago · 60 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.439 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 667 days ago · 75 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.158 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 667 days ago · 102 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.812 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 667 days ago · 159 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.060 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 667 days ago · 104 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.69 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 667 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.747 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 668 days ago · 78 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.618 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 668 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 668 days ago · 102 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.058 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 668 days ago · 149 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.724 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 668 days ago · 79 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.528 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 668 days ago · 76 km deep · 19 km away
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