M1.8 earthquake 45 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 45 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sat, Dec 21, 2024, 6:29 AM AKST (15:29 UTC), 86 km (53 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 17 km NNW 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
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-12-21 15:29:57 UTC
- Depth
- 85.6 km (53.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.332° N, 152.270° 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
- 53
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
- 1.929 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 648 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.640 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 648 days ago · 81 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.356 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 648 days ago · 141 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.736 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 648 days ago · 81 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.339 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 648 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.959 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 647 days ago · 126 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.967 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 647 days ago · 113 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.172 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 647 days ago · 116 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 647 days ago · 78 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.68 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 647 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.828 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 647 days ago · 76 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.634 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 647 days ago · 69 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.622 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 647 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.924 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 647 days ago · 69 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.833 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 647 days ago · 86 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.616 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 647 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.948 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 647 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 647 days ago · 93 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 647 days ago · 104 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.856 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 647 days ago · 99 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.848 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 646 days ago · 115 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 646 days ago · 100 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.622 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 646 days ago · 65 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.571 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 646 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 646 days ago · 89 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.928 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 646 days ago · 85 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.258 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 646 days ago · 91 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.218 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 646 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.716 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 646 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.721 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 646 days ago · 67 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.78 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 646 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.831 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 646 days ago · 71 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.66 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 646 days ago · 69 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.856 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 646 days ago · 103 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.27 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 645 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.94 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 645 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.631 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 645 days ago · 76 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.719 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 645 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.540 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 645 days ago · 88 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.513 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 645 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.515 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 645 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.850 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 645 days ago · 120 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.419 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 645 days ago · 156 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.826 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 645 days ago · 74 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.848 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 645 days ago · 80 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.516 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 645 days ago · 57 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.530 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 645 days ago · 75 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.769 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 645 days ago · 101 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 645 days ago · 92 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.762 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 645 days ago · 93 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.67 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 645 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.551 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 645 days ago · 83 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.717 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 645 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.940 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 645 days ago · 122 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 645 days ago · 122 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 645 days ago · 96 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.953 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 645 days ago · 103 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 645 days ago · 91 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.147 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 644 days ago · 114 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.061 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 644 days ago · 89 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.053 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 649 days ago · 97 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.151 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 649 days ago · 123 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.963 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 649 days ago · 90 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.867 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 649 days ago · 117 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.872 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 649 days ago · 116 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.965 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 649 days ago · 116 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 649 days ago · 96 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.216 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 649 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.730 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 649 days ago · 92 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.529 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 649 days ago · 81 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.160 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 649 days ago · 146 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.66 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 649 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.623 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 649 days ago · 62 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.77 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 649 days ago · 74 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.624 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 649 days ago · 69 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.949 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 650 days ago · 84 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.042 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 650 days ago · 89 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.242 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 650 days ago · 116 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.565 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 650 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.056 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 650 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak024gd0fe69. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:55 PM UTC.