M1.6 earthquake 45 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 45 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sun, Oct 6, 2024, 4:36 AM AKDT (12:36 UTC), 78 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 62 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-10-06 12:36:40 UTC
- Depth
- 78.2 km (48.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.248° N, 152.379° 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
- 21
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
- 2.840 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 726 days ago · 115 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.968 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 726 days ago · 120 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.741 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 726 days ago · 82 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.845 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 726 days ago · 86 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.746 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 725 days ago · 93 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.925 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 725 days ago · 91 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.155 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 725 days ago · 92 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.666 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 725 days ago · 117 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 725 days ago · 96 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.87 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 725 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.659 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 725 days ago · 102 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.070 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 725 days ago · 120 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.871 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 725 days ago · 119 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.658 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 725 days ago · 92 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 725 days ago · 95 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.734 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 725 days ago · 85 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.758 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 725 days ago · 88 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.762 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 724 days ago · 114 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 724 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.531 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 724 days ago · 69 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.737 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 724 days ago · 122 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.150 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 724 days ago · 89 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.059 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 724 days ago · 149 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 724 days ago · 109 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.739 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 724 days ago · 90 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.940 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 724 days ago · 132 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.131 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 724 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 724 days ago · 86 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.648 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 724 days ago · 82 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.659 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 724 days ago · 97 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.667 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 724 days ago · 106 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.634 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 724 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 724 days ago · 95 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.564 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 724 days ago · 94 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 723 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.645 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 723 days ago · 81 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.870 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 723 days ago · 109 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 723 days ago · 90 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.654 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 723 days ago · 94 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 723 days ago · 80 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 723 days ago · 95 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 723 days ago · 82 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.820 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 723 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.833 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 723 days ago · 80 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 722 days ago · 105 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.148 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 722 days ago · 103 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 722 days ago · 101 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.540 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 722 days ago · 83 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.759 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 722 days ago · 97 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.637 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 722 days ago · 148 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.778 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 722 days ago · 116 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.644 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 722 days ago · 128 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.618 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 722 days ago · 70 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.250 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 721 days ago · 105 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.559 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 721 days ago · 93 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.554 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 721 days ago · 87 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.842 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 721 days ago · 84 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.135 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 721 days ago · 177 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.712 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 721 days ago · 53 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.963 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 721 days ago · 97 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.859 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 726 days ago · 123 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.636 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 726 days ago · 70 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.066 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 726 days ago · 80 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 726 days ago · 81 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 726 days ago · 99 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.977 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 726 days ago · 130 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.243 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 727 days ago · 75 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.758 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 727 days ago · 100 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.558 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 727 days ago · 89 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.734 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 727 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 727 days ago · 90 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.967 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 727 days ago · 113 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.844 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 727 days ago · 81 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.361 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 727 days ago · 129 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.66 km S of Anchor Point, Alaska · 727 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.815 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 727 days ago · 53 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.060 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 727 days ago · 104 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.852 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 728 days ago · 90 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 728 days ago · 99 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.754 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 728 days ago · 87 km deep · 57 km away
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