M1.6 earthquake 7 km W of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 7 km W of Nikiski, Alaska on Fri, Sep 20, 2024, 9:12 AM AKDT (17:12 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 16 km SE of Kasilof, 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
- 2024-09-20 17:12:55 UTC
- Depth
- 64.6 km (40.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.688° N, 151.430° 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
- 79
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 166 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.813 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 741 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.652 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 741 days ago · 94 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.550 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 741 days ago · 93 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 741 days ago · 113 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.063 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 741 days ago · 111 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 741 days ago · 113 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 741 days ago · 97 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 741 days ago · 99 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.117 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 741 days ago · 53 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.530 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 741 days ago · 81 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.955 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 741 days ago · 105 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.863 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 741 days ago · 111 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.959 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 741 days ago · 103 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 740 days ago · 99 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.614 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 740 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.916 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 740 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 112 · tsunami flag
- 2.18 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 740 days ago · 63 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 740 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.95 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 739 days ago · 56 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.720 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 739 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.180 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 739 days ago · 130 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.927 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 739 days ago · 66 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.824 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 739 days ago · 54 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.716 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 739 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.851 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 739 days ago · 101 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.623 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 739 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.014 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 738 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 738 days ago · 45 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.569 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 738 days ago · 112 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.512 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 738 days ago · 60 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.016 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 738 days ago · 67 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.838 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 738 days ago · 91 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.544 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 738 days ago · 100 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.725 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 738 days ago · 76 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.451 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 738 days ago · 93 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.631 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 738 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.644 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 738 days ago · 90 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.79 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 737 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.812 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 737 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 737 days ago · 57 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.510 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 736 days ago · 75 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.747 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 736 days ago · 87 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.641 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 736 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.616 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 736 days ago · 66 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.656 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 736 days ago · 97 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.569 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 736 days ago · 114 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.64 km NNE of Salamatof, Alaska · 735 days ago · 69 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 735 days ago · 99 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.86 km WNW of Funny River, Alaska · 735 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.662 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 735 days ago · 114 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.766 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 735 days ago · 136 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.540 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 735 days ago · 89 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.718 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 734 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 734 days ago · 113 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.821 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 733 days ago · 50 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.622 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 733 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.757 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 733 days ago · 96 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.636 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 733 days ago · 83 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.642 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 733 days ago · 86 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.621 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 732 days ago · 84 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 742 days ago · 108 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.859 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 742 days ago · 111 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.572 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 742 days ago · 120 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.745 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 742 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.559 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 743 days ago · 90 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.913 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 743 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.56 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 743 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.65 km W of Sterling, Alaska · 743 days ago · 43 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.421 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 744 days ago · 73 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.513 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 744 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.133 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 744 days ago · 83 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.553 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 744 days ago · 87 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.639 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 744 days ago · 83 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.948 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 744 days ago · 88 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.943 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 744 days ago · 110 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.216 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 745 days ago · 65 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 2.684 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 745 days ago · 142 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.525 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 745 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 745 days ago · 93 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 745 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
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