M1.8 earthquake 53 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 53 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska on Sun, May 8, 2016, 5:44 AM AKDT (13:44 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 67 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-05-08 13:44:59 UTC
- Depth
- 64.4 km (40.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.513° N, 153.196° 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
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.642 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.976 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 71 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.669 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 62 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.770 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 93 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.755 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 84 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.581 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 114 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.358 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 119 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.230 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.641 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 72 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.767 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.673 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 83 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.652 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 76 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.859 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 80 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.624 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 57 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.739 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.571 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.646 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.829 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.663 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.964 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.859 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 109 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.063 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 59 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.667 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.650 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.839 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 70 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.492 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.652 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 126 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.828 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 58 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.875 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 107 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.167 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3779 days ago · 103 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.555 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.580 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.781 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.849 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 71 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.968 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.252 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 58 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.565 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3771 days ago · 61 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.585 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3771 days ago · 97 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 73 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.359 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 116 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.769 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.339 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.665 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 94 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.684 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 74 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.324 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 53 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.559 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 107 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.697 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.316 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 47 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.850 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 67 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.656 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 119 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.742 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8104 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3763 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.637 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3763 days ago · 63 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.990 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3763 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.696 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.689 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 90 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.636 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.991 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.759 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 64 km deep · 21 km away
The first 60 of 103.
Before
- 1.884 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 68 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.641 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.186 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 90 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.564 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 95 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.635 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.733 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 76 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.172 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.759 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 104 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.758 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 124 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.857 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.072 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 66 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.862 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.138 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 31 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.561 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3809 days ago · 125 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.262 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 61 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.461 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 116 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.956 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 55 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 12 · tsunami flag
- 1.744 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3811 days ago · 116 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.376 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3812 days ago · 43 km deep · 45 km away
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