M1.5 earthquake 30 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 30 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sat, Sep 21, 2024, 7:14 AM AKDT (15:14 UTC), 81 km (50 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-09-21 15:14:29 UTC
- Depth
- 80.7 km (50.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.225° N, 152.098° 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
- 32
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
- 1.955 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 743 days ago · 105 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.650 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 743 days ago · 105 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 743 days ago · 141 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.863 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 743 days ago · 111 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 743 days ago · 92 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.656 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 743 days ago · 91 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.959 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 743 days ago · 103 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.728 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 742 days ago · 154 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 742 days ago · 99 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.916 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 742 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 112 · tsunami flag
- 1.869 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 742 days ago · 99 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 742 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.944 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 741 days ago · 129 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.95 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 741 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.720 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 741 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.180 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 741 days ago · 130 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.258 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 741 days ago · 110 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.859 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 741 days ago · 100 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.953 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 741 days ago · 89 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.860 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 741 days ago · 98 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.851 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 741 days ago · 101 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 740 days ago · 90 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.569 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 740 days ago · 112 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.512 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 740 days ago · 60 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.09 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 740 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.016 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 740 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.063 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 740 days ago · 104 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.859 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 740 days ago · 99 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.855 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 740 days ago · 99 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.838 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 740 days ago · 91 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.616 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 740 days ago · 66 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.725 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 740 days ago · 76 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.762 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 740 days ago · 95 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.451 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 740 days ago · 93 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 740 days ago · 69 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.644 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 740 days ago · 90 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.134 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 739 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.936 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 739 days ago · 187 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.951 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 739 days ago · 119 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.812 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 739 days ago · 68 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 91 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.744 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 739 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 739 days ago · 57 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 101 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.616 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 739 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.510 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 738 days ago · 75 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.747 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 738 days ago · 87 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.616 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 738 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.656 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 738 days ago · 97 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.569 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 738 days ago · 114 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.637 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 738 days ago · 69 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.93 km N of Anchor Point, Alaska · 738 days ago · 57 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.64 km NNE of Salamatof, Alaska · 737 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.651 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 737 days ago · 94 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 737 days ago · 99 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.836 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 737 days ago · 124 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.86 km WNW of Funny River, Alaska · 737 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.662 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 737 days ago · 114 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 737 days ago · 97 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.766 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 737 days ago · 136 km deep · 36 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.117 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 743 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.561 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 743 days ago · 104 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.335 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 743 days ago · 137 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 743 days ago · 97 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 743 days ago · 98 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.063 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 743 days ago · 111 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.738 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 743 days ago · 135 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.748 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 743 days ago · 120 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 743 days ago · 113 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.550 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 743 days ago · 93 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.652 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 743 days ago · 94 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.813 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 743 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.945 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 744 days ago · 148 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.569 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 744 days ago · 117 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.67 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 744 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.859 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 744 days ago · 111 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.572 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 744 days ago · 120 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.745 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 744 days ago · 90 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 744 days ago · 113 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.272 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 745 days ago · 124 km deep · 49 km away
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