M1.8 earthquake 52 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 52 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Wed, May 21, 2025, 6:05 AM AKDT (14:05 UTC), 101 km (63 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 41 km WNW of Happy Valley, 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-05-21 14:05:30 UTC
- Depth
- 101.4 km (63.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.231° N, 152.546° 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
- 37
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
- 1.747 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 500 days ago · 80 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.634 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 500 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.963 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 500 days ago · 97 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.537 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 499 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.663 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 499 days ago · 92 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.227 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 499 days ago · 60 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.463 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 499 days ago · 118 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.715 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 499 days ago · 70 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 499 days ago · 84 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.463 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 499 days ago · 113 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.957 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 499 days ago · 134 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.655 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 499 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.724 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 499 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.145 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 499 days ago · 87 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.856 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 499 days ago · 93 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.138 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 499 days ago · 146 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 499 days ago · 93 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.763 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 499 days ago · 101 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.532 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 498 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
- 1.57 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 498 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.247 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 498 days ago · 116 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.874 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 498 days ago · 114 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 498 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.717 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 498 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.58 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 498 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.845 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 498 days ago · 134 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.655 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 498 days ago · 121 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.851 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 498 days ago · 150 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.566 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 497 days ago · 79 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.644 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 497 days ago · 114 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.439 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 496 days ago · 159 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.41 km E of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 496 days ago · 44 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.561 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 496 days ago · 101 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.450 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 495 days ago · 167 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 495 days ago · 111 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 495 days ago · 81 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.938 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 495 days ago · 88 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.713 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 495 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.948 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 495 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.066 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 495 days ago · 98 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.667 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 495 days ago · 109 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 495 days ago · 98 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.544 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 495 days ago · 120 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.518 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 495 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.846 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 495 days ago · 90 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.838 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 495 days ago · 134 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.745 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 494 days ago · 176 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
- 2.161 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 494 days ago · 83 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.736 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 494 days ago · 80 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.050 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 494 days ago · 112 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 494 days ago · 104 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.253 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 494 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.761 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 494 days ago · 124 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 494 days ago · 112 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.147 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 494 days ago · 117 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 493 days ago · 90 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 493 days ago · 84 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.742 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 493 days ago · 80 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.742 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 493 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.628 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 493 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.675 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 500 days ago · 130 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.664 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 500 days ago · 110 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 500 days ago · 97 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.853 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 500 days ago · 131 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.617 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 500 days ago · 65 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.520 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 501 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.723 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 501 days ago · 70 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.648 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 501 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.716 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 501 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.726 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 501 days ago · 124 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 501 days ago · 97 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 501 days ago · 107 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.525 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 501 days ago · 70 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 501 days ago · 106 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 501 days ago · 111 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.027 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 501 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.751 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 501 days ago · 104 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.541 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 501 days ago · 103 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 1.633 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 501 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.946 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 501 days ago · 158 km deep · 54 km away
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