M1.7 earthquake 66 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 66 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Aug 15, 2024, 3:53 AM AKDT (11:53 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 1 km E of Homer, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-08-15 11:53:05 UTC
- Depth
- 97.1 km (60.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.177° N, 152.842° 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
- 60
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
- 1.535 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 781 days ago · 76 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.673 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 780 days ago · 119 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.553 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 780 days ago · 95 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.357 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 780 days ago · 136 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.435 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 780 days ago · 120 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 780 days ago · 85 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.338 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 780 days ago · 130 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.837 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 780 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.552 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 780 days ago · 92 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.747 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 780 days ago · 111 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.023 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 779 days ago · 71 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
- 2.061 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 779 days ago · 135 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.859 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 779 days ago · 99 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.659 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 779 days ago · 94 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.743 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 779 days ago · 88 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.039 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 779 days ago · 134 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.555 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 779 days ago · 169 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.463 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 779 days ago · 98 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.658 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 779 days ago · 98 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.776 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 779 days ago · 113 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.856 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 779 days ago · 135 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 778 days ago · 59 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.88 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 778 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.661 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 778 days ago · 110 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.772 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 778 days ago · 120 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 778 days ago · 102 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.556 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 778 days ago · 98 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.241 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 778 days ago · 127 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.063 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 778 days ago · 96 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.950 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 777 days ago · 120 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.065 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 776 days ago · 105 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 776 days ago · 102 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.351 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 776 days ago · 87 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.444 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 776 days ago · 108 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.957 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 776 days ago · 85 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 776 days ago · 100 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.555 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 776 days ago · 98 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.642 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 776 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.949 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 776 days ago · 109 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.753 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 775 days ago · 109 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.742 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 775 days ago · 128 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.526 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 775 days ago · 79 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.763 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 775 days ago · 117 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.756 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 775 days ago · 88 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.75 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 775 days ago · 60 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.064 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 775 days ago · 100 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.643 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 775 days ago · 134 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 775 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 775 days ago · 91 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.662 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 775 days ago · 123 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.819 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 775 days ago · 75 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 774 days ago · 108 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 774 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.347 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 774 days ago · 84 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.045 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 774 days ago · 92 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.869 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 774 days ago · 122 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 774 days ago · 90 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.941 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 773 days ago · 123 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.670 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 773 days ago · 85 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.866 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 773 days ago · 129 km deep · 17 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.513 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 781 days ago · 72 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.537 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 781 days ago · 186 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.566 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 781 days ago · 115 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 781 days ago · 85 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.842 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 782 days ago · 81 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.545 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 782 days ago · 149 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.634 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 782 days ago · 145 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.935 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 782 days ago · 72 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.680 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 782 days ago · 134 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 782 days ago · 95 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.821 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 783 days ago · 77 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.543 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 783 days ago · 179 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 783 days ago · 99 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 783 days ago · 90 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.047 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 783 days ago · 84 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.925 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 783 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.559 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 784 days ago · 83 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.663 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 784 days ago · 91 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.759 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 784 days ago · 77 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 784 days ago · 78 km deep · 77 km away
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