M1.5 earthquake 43 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 43 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thu, Sep 17, 2026, 5:14 AM AKDT (13:14 UTC), 94 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.6 9 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-09-17 13:14:21 UTC
- Depth
- 94.3 km (58.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.211° N, 152.380° 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. If you felt it, tell the USGS: every report sharpens the shaking map.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.9 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Station coverage gap
- 43°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 since this one and 158 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.69 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 5 days ago · 74 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.036 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 5 days ago · 134 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.054 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 5 days ago · 102 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.523 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 5 days ago · 82 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 5 days ago · 98 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.527 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 4 days ago · 84 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.044 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 4 days ago · 132 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.145 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 4 days ago · 143 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.925 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 4 days ago · 92 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.659 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 4 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.572 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 4 days ago · 133 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.838 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 4 days ago · 88 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.873 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 4 days ago · 117 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.852 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 4 days ago · 132 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3 days ago · 88 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.054 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3 days ago · 105 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3 days ago · 91 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.621 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3 days ago · 74 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.611 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3 days ago · 84 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.039 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3 days ago · 141 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.649 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3 days ago · 86 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.641 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3 days ago · 95 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 2.633 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.655 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2 days ago · 99 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.574 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2 days ago · 140 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.514 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2 days ago · 71 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.163 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2 days ago · 128 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.163 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 45 hr ago · 120 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 34 hr ago · 74 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.736 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 33 hr ago · 79 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 2.864 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 32 hr ago · 102 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.650 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 30 hr ago · 91 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.653 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 29 hr ago · 88 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.916 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 27 hr ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.345 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 27 hr ago · 104 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.120 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 26 hr ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.043 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 24 hr ago · 91 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.024 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 24 hr ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.824 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 20 hr ago · 73 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.510 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 18 hr ago · 84 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.455 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 13 hr ago · 106 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 1.612 km ENE of Kasilof, Alaska · 5 days ago · 54 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.634 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 5 days ago · 98 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.513 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 5 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.681 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 5 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.245 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 5 days ago · 103 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.626 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 6 days ago · 76 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.814 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 6 days ago · 76 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.820 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 6 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.232 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 6 days ago · 85 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 6 days ago · 77 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.835 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 6 days ago · 81 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.556 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 7 days ago · 100 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.919 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 7 days ago · 86 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.515 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 7 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.621 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 7 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.855 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 7 days ago · 91 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.952 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 7 days ago · 91 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.613 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 7 days ago · 54 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.417 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 8 days ago · 73 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.645 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 8 days ago · 126 km deep · 62 km away
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