Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 10 km SSE of Salcha, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 10 km SSE of Salcha, Alaska on Sun, Jul 9, 1995, 2:30 PM AKDT (22:30 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 26 km SSW of Ester, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
1995-07-09 22:30:46 UTC
Depth
8.4 km (5.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.434° N, 146.832° 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
25

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.973 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 11407 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.620 km ENE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 11406 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 2.369 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 11398 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.76 km ENE of Badger, Alaska · 11398 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 2.412 km NE of Badger, Alaska · 11397 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 2.06 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 11396 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 2.437 km NNE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 11390 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.512 km W of Two Rivers, Alaska · 11378 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 2.29 km NE of North Pole, Alaska · 11376 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 1.724 km E of Nenana, Alaska · 11371 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.731 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 11370 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 1.54 km W of North Pole, Alaska · 11370 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 2.755 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 11367 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.246 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 11367 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 1.510 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 11367 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.76 km E of Farmers Loop, Alaska · 11366 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 4.526 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 11364 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 2.5Central Alaska · 11364 days ago · -2 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 1.826 km SW of Ester, Alaska · 11364 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 1.632 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 11362 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 1.831 km SSW of North Pole, Alaska · 11361 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  22. 1.615 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 11361 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
  23. 2.2Central Alaska · 11361 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 1.57 km S of Ester, Alaska · 11360 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  25. 3.076 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 11357 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  26. 2.258 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 11354 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 1.825 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 11351 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away

Before

  1. 1.92 km E of Ester, Alaska · 11415 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 3.542 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 11418 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 2.114 km N of Ester, Alaska · 11419 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.73 km SSE of North Pole, Alaska · 11419 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 1.97 km ESE of Farmers Loop, Alaska · 11420 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 1.69 km ENE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 11422 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 1.546 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 11425 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 2.22 km NE of Ester, Alaska · 11429 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 1.619 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 11434 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.02 km S of Fox, Alaska · 11435 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 1.55 km SSE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 11436 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 2.143 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 11439 days ago · 98 km deep · 79 km away

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