M1.6 earthquake 17 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 17 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Thu, Jan 9, 2025, 9:29 PM AKST (06:29 UTC), 75 km (47 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 25 km SSW of Susitna, 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
- 2025-01-10 06:29:51 UTC
- Depth
- 75.0 km (46.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.742° N, 151.598° 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
- 39
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
- 1.637 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 632 days ago · 86 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 632 days ago · 94 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.913 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 632 days ago · 66 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.815 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 632 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.512 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 632 days ago · 66 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.516 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 631 days ago · 64 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.016 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 631 days ago · 51 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.959 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 631 days ago · 100 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.131 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 631 days ago · 75 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 631 days ago · 80 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.922 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 631 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.853 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 631 days ago · 93 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.620 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 631 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.617 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 630 days ago · 63 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.045 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 630 days ago · 53 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.82 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 630 days ago · 67 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.242 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 630 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.955 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 630 days ago · 98 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.87 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 630 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.051 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 630 days ago · 109 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.973 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 629 days ago · 128 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.744 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 629 days ago · 85 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.69 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 629 days ago · 65 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.912 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 629 days ago · 51 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.619 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 629 days ago · 73 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.846 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 629 days ago · 90 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.710 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 629 days ago · 47 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.214 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 628 days ago · 54 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.852 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 628 days ago · 97 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.540 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 628 days ago · 78 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.618 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 628 days ago · 58 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.867 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 628 days ago · 110 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.819 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 628 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.654 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 628 days ago · 97 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.632 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 628 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.866 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 628 days ago · 113 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.74 km WSW of Beluga, Alaska · 628 days ago · 58 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 2.865 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 628 days ago · 118 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.676 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 628 days ago · 114 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.65 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 627 days ago · 62 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.634 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 627 days ago · 76 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.616 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 627 days ago · 71 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.970 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 627 days ago · 128 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.636 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 627 days ago · 82 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.644 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 627 days ago · 81 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.922 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 627 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 1.743 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 627 days ago · 94 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 627 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 627 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 627 days ago · 97 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.525 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 626 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.836 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 626 days ago · 76 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.515 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 626 days ago · 74 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 626 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.815 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 626 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.06 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 626 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 626 days ago · 99 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.967 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 626 days ago · 131 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.684 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 626 days ago · 153 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.754 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 626 days ago · 127 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.733 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 632 days ago · 69 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.630 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 632 days ago · 78 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.781 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 632 days ago · 113 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.612 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 632 days ago · 62 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.624 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 632 days ago · 77 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 632 days ago · 97 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.863 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 632 days ago · 94 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.873 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 633 days ago · 115 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.816 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 633 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.743 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 633 days ago · 85 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.627 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 633 days ago · 66 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.823 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 633 days ago · 65 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.813 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 633 days ago · 55 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.816 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 633 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.046 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 633 days ago · 88 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.830 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 633 days ago · 85 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.518 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 633 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 634 days ago · 93 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 634 days ago · 112 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.537 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 634 days ago · 94 km deep · 44 km away
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