M1.6 earthquake 40 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 40 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Wed, Mar 12, 2025, 2:19 PM AKDT (22:19 UTC), 95 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 3 km WSW 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-03-12 22:19:49 UTC
- Depth
- 95.1 km (59.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.148° N, 152.370° 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
- 1.555 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 570 days ago · 95 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.649 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 570 days ago · 93 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.656 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 570 days ago · 100 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.624 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 570 days ago · 66 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.653 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 570 days ago · 107 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.950 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 570 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.643 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 569 days ago · 129 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.635 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 569 days ago · 132 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 569 days ago · 92 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.562 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 569 days ago · 100 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 569 days ago · 81 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.967 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 569 days ago · 115 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.855 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 569 days ago · 86 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.710 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 569 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.846 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 569 days ago · 138 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.866 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 569 days ago · 129 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.835 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 568 days ago · 131 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.846 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 568 days ago · 127 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.068 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 568 days ago · 121 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.638 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 568 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.59 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 568 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.649 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 568 days ago · 116 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.060 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 568 days ago · 111 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.54 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 568 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.512 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 568 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 568 days ago · 73 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.867 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 568 days ago · 125 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.529 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 568 days ago · 77 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.573 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 567 days ago · 125 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.648 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 567 days ago · 87 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.648 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 567 days ago · 88 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.749 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 567 days ago · 126 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 567 days ago · 104 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.948 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 567 days ago · 144 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.053 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 567 days ago · 125 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.523 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 567 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.653 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 567 days ago · 82 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.336 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 566 days ago · 90 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.62 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 566 days ago · 60 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.569 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 566 days ago · 114 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.855 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 566 days ago · 103 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.252 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 566 days ago · 97 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.515 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 566 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.150 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 566 days ago · 90 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 566 days ago · 92 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.851 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 566 days ago · 81 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 566 days ago · 89 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.018 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 566 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.838 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 566 days ago · 89 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.69 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 566 days ago · 55 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.825 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 566 days ago · 79 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.61 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 566 days ago · 58 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 566 days ago · 90 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.943 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 565 days ago · 152 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.79 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 565 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.244 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 565 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.060 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 565 days ago · 92 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.943 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 565 days ago · 146 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 565 days ago · 71 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.645 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 565 days ago · 112 km deep · 70 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.949 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 570 days ago · 154 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.664 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 570 days ago · 107 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.138 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 570 days ago · 135 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.860 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 571 days ago · 113 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.942 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 571 days ago · 130 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.756 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 571 days ago · 100 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.646 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 571 days ago · 88 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.845 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 571 days ago · 93 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 571 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 571 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.630 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 571 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.358 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 571 days ago · 134 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 571 days ago · 80 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.54 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 571 days ago · 64 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.964 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 572 days ago · 129 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.520 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 572 days ago · 52 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.575 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 572 days ago · 101 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.952 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 572 days ago · 115 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.76 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 572 days ago · 60 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.615 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 572 days ago · 58 km deep · 39 km away
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