M1.7 earthquake 20 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 20 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Mon, Dec 16, 2024, 3:24 AM AKST (12:24 UTC), 69 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-16 12:24:04 UTC
- Depth
- 69.1 km (42.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.154° N, 151.967° 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
- 52
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.639 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 658 days ago · 73 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.644 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 658 days ago · 81 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.855 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 658 days ago · 93 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.254 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 657 days ago · 98 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.511 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 657 days ago · 50 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.945 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 657 days ago · 84 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.929 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 657 days ago · 77 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.67 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 657 days ago · 69 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.641 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 657 days ago · 86 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.913 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 657 days ago · 58 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.156 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 657 days ago · 98 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.241 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 657 days ago · 85 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.341 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 657 days ago · 156 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.528 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 656 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.917 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 656 days ago · 57 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.162 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 656 days ago · 112 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.359 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 656 days ago · 109 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.061 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 656 days ago · 101 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.521 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 656 days ago · 43 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.15 km SE of Nikiski, Alaska · 656 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 4
- 1.62 km SSE of Nikiski, Alaska · 656 days ago · 70 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.766 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 656 days ago · 113 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 655 days ago · 83 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.617 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 655 days ago · 60 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.235 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 655 days ago · 125 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.763 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 655 days ago · 101 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 655 days ago · 95 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.544 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 655 days ago · 83 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 655 days ago · 106 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.655 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 655 days ago · 90 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.649 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 655 days ago · 88 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.673 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 655 days ago · 85 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.78 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 655 days ago · 65 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.83 km NW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 655 days ago · 58 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 655 days ago · 89 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.875 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 655 days ago · 131 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.955 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 655 days ago · 111 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 655 days ago · 86 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.063 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 655 days ago · 116 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.50 km E of Ridgeway, Alaska · 654 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 4.547 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 654 days ago · 84 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 353 · tsunami flag
- 2.056 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 654 days ago · 79 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.242 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 654 days ago · 116 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.042 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 654 days ago · 89 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.949 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 654 days ago · 84 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.624 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 654 days ago · 69 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.77 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 654 days ago · 74 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.623 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 654 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.66 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 653 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.160 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 653 days ago · 146 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.529 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 653 days ago · 81 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.730 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 653 days ago · 92 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 653 days ago · 96 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 653 days ago · 116 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.872 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 653 days ago · 116 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.867 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 653 days ago · 117 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.963 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 653 days ago · 90 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.151 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 653 days ago · 123 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.053 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 653 days ago · 97 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.845 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 653 days ago · 86 km deep · 26 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.929 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 658 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.016 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 658 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
- 2.068 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 658 days ago · 111 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.562 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 658 days ago · 93 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 658 days ago · 105 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.942 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 658 days ago · 132 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.85 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 658 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.941 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 659 days ago · 69 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.519 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 659 days ago · 70 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.873 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 659 days ago · 106 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 659 days ago · 97 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.640 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 659 days ago · 81 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.221 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 659 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.668 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 659 days ago · 111 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 659 days ago · 99 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.748 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 659 days ago · 111 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.262 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 660 days ago · 110 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 660 days ago · 92 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 660 days ago · 108 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.519 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 660 days ago · 83 km deep · 62 km away
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