M1.6 earthquake 72 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 72 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Fri, Mar 8, 2024, 2:56 AM AKST (11:56 UTC), 120 km (75 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 55 km WNW of Anchor Point, 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
- 2024-03-08 11:56:53 UTC
- Depth
- 120.0 km (74.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.205° N, 152.937° 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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.057 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 940 days ago · 88 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.834 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 940 days ago · 107 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.678 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 940 days ago · 118 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.855 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 939 days ago · 118 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.558 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 939 days ago · 92 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.745 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 939 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 939 days ago · 111 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.845 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 939 days ago · 80 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.943 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 939 days ago · 126 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.875 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 939 days ago · 132 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.634 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 939 days ago · 72 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.934 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 939 days ago · 123 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.839 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 938 days ago · 84 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.246 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 938 days ago · 161 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.145 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 938 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.06 km SE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 938 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.56 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 938 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.031 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 938 days ago · 148 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.157 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 938 days ago · 88 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 938 days ago · 88 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.873 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 938 days ago · 121 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.946 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 938 days ago · 117 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.745 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 938 days ago · 91 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 938 days ago · 79 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 938 days ago · 113 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.973 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 937 days ago · 128 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.048 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 937 days ago · 155 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.733 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 937 days ago · 95 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 937 days ago · 84 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.535 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 937 days ago · 75 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.057 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 937 days ago · 91 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 937 days ago · 85 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.439 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 937 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.968 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 937 days ago · 124 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 937 days ago · 87 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.614 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 937 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.062 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 937 days ago · 110 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.810 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 937 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.446 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 937 days ago · 90 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.424 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 937 days ago · 88 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 1.868 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 936 days ago · 105 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.840 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 936 days ago · 86 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.136 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 936 days ago · 135 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.825 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 936 days ago · 65 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.245 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 936 days ago · 112 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.047 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 936 days ago · 84 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.810 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 936 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.943 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 935 days ago · 100 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.381 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 935 days ago · 166 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.065 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 935 days ago · 112 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.842 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 935 days ago · 96 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.365 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 935 days ago · 114 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 935 days ago · 94 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.846 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 935 days ago · 80 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.240 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 935 days ago · 138 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 935 days ago · 94 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.965 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 935 days ago · 123 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.852 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 934 days ago · 103 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.042 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 934 days ago · 110 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.512 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 934 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.041 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 940 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.549 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 940 days ago · 85 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.837 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 940 days ago · 123 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.570 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 941 days ago · 110 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.675 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 941 days ago · 122 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.539 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 941 days ago · 75 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.747 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 941 days ago · 154 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 941 days ago · 141 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.741 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 941 days ago · 114 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.751 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 941 days ago · 86 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.852 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 941 days ago · 96 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 941 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.549 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 941 days ago · 87 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 941 days ago · 98 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.036 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 942 days ago · 68 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.060 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 942 days ago · 108 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 942 days ago · 106 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 942 days ago · 85 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.759 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 942 days ago · 88 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.971 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 942 days ago · 124 km deep · 6 km away
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