M1.7 earthquake 2 km SW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 2 km SW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Dec 26, 2024, 2:30 AM AKST (11:30 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 17 km NNW of Ninilchik, 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
- 2024-12-26 11:30:55 UTC
- Depth
- 52.2 km (32.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.039° N, 151.697° 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
- 34
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
- 1.830 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 647 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 1.664 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 647 days ago · 117 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.656 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 646 days ago · 103 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 646 days ago · 87 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.737 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 646 days ago · 117 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.671 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 646 days ago · 121 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.740 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 646 days ago · 91 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.72 km SE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 646 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.017 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 646 days ago · 64 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 8
- 1.614 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 646 days ago · 63 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.644 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 646 days ago · 72 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.445 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 645 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 645 days ago · 82 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 645 days ago · 86 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 645 days ago · 108 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.525 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 645 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.973 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 645 days ago · 116 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.659 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 645 days ago · 109 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.753 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 645 days ago · 124 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.785 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 645 days ago · 136 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.958 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 645 days ago · 149 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.853 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 645 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.666 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 644 days ago · 114 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.670 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 644 days ago · 107 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.17 km ENE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 644 days ago · 72 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.515 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 644 days ago · 79 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.659 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 644 days ago · 96 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.969 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 644 days ago · 114 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.758 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 644 days ago · 99 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.620 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 644 days ago · 65 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.850 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 644 days ago · 94 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 644 days ago · 87 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 644 days ago · 98 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.865 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 644 days ago · 90 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.855 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 644 days ago · 93 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.461 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 644 days ago · 102 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.547 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 644 days ago · 81 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 644 days ago · 89 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.464 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 644 days ago · 90 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.769 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 643 days ago · 118 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.252 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 643 days ago · 116 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.865 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 643 days ago · 102 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.314 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 643 days ago · 79 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.542 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 643 days ago · 93 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.868 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 643 days ago · 99 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.664 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 643 days ago · 113 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 643 days ago · 88 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.410 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 643 days ago · 31 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
- 2.49 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 643 days ago · 48 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.942 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 643 days ago · 124 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.959 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 642 days ago · 120 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.934 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 642 days ago · 91 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 642 days ago · 108 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.931 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 642 days ago · 76 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.246 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 642 days ago · 126 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.750 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 642 days ago · 85 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.867 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 642 days ago · 122 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.62 km SE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 642 days ago · 48 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.637 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 642 days ago · 80 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.973 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 642 days ago · 121 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.760 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 647 days ago · 102 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.963 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 647 days ago · 125 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.722 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 647 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.634 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 647 days ago · 71 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.737 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 647 days ago · 81 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.711 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 647 days ago · 55 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.061 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 647 days ago · 89 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.147 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 648 days ago · 114 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 648 days ago · 91 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.953 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 648 days ago · 103 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 648 days ago · 96 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 648 days ago · 122 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.940 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 648 days ago · 122 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.717 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 648 days ago · 65 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.551 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 648 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.67 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 648 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.762 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 648 days ago · 93 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 648 days ago · 92 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.769 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 648 days ago · 101 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.530 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 648 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away
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