M1.5 earthquake 16 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 16 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska on Tue, Oct 22, 2024, 6:31 PM AKDT (02:31 UTC), 70 km (43 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-10-23 02:31:36 UTC
- Depth
- 69.9 km (43.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.816° N, 151.463° 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
- 35
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
- 1.949 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 709 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.738 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 709 days ago · 88 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 709 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.621 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 709 days ago · 49 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.821 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 709 days ago · 49 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 709 days ago · 87 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.030 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 709 days ago · 77 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.854 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 708 days ago · 101 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.762 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 708 days ago · 94 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.752 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 708 days ago · 88 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.449 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 708 days ago · 98 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.533 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 708 days ago · 99 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.53 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 708 days ago · 66 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.536 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 708 days ago · 75 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 708 days ago · 116 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.753 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 708 days ago · 101 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.78 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 708 days ago · 58 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.530 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 707 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 707 days ago · 106 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 707 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.78 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 707 days ago · 70 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.925 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 706 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 1.923 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 706 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.527 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 706 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.615 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 706 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.549 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 706 days ago · 82 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.131 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 706 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.825 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 706 days ago · 76 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.63 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 706 days ago · 51 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.129 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 705 days ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.740 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 705 days ago · 85 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.847 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 705 days ago · 92 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 705 days ago · 84 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.821 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 705 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 704 days ago · 111 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.74 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 704 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.926 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 704 days ago · 72 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.45 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 704 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.617 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 704 days ago · 43 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.766 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 704 days ago · 113 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.667 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 704 days ago · 111 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.121 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 704 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.032 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 703 days ago · 76 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.610 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 703 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.825 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 703 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.522 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 703 days ago · 71 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.963 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 703 days ago · 112 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.625 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 703 days ago · 70 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 703 days ago · 100 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.627 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 703 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.611 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 703 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.745 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 703 days ago · 104 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.063 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 702 days ago · 110 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.67 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 702 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.732 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 702 days ago · 76 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 702 days ago · 86 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.066 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 702 days ago · 118 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.834 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 702 days ago · 75 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.054 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 702 days ago · 101 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.625 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 702 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.636 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 709 days ago · 78 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.622 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 709 days ago · 64 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.860 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 709 days ago · 94 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.538 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 709 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.326 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 709 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.525 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 710 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.930 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 710 days ago · 79 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.369 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 710 days ago · 126 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.676 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 710 days ago · 133 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.930 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 710 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.639 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 710 days ago · 92 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.668 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 710 days ago · 117 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.535 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 710 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.515 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 711 days ago · 73 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.63 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 711 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.820 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 711 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 1.755 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 711 days ago · 102 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.556 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 711 days ago · 99 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.754 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 711 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.650 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 711 days ago · 82 km deep · 75 km away
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