Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 59 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 59 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska on Wed, May 18, 2016, 12:52 AM AKDT (08:52 UTC), 80 km (50 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-05-18 08:52:03 UTC
Depth
80.0 km (49.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
58.417° N, 153.659° 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
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.571 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 1.663 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 1.964 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 67 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.859 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 109 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.063 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 59 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 1.667 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.650 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3783 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.492 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 2.286 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.652 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 126 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.890 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.875 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 107 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 4.167 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3779 days ago · 103 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 2.265 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.555 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3778 days ago · 76 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.580 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.781 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 2.385 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 1.849 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.968 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 2.252 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 1.565 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3771 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 2.585 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3771 days ago · 97 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 1.768 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 73 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 2.359 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 1.769 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  27. 1.684 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 74 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 3.324 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 53 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 1.697 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 2.316 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away
  31. 1.850 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 67 km deep · 59 km away
  32. 1.656 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 119 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 1.8104 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3763 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 1.990 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3763 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  35. 1.696 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 1.689 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 90 km deep · 32 km away
  37. 1.991 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  38. 1.759 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 64 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 1.777 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 77 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 1.773 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 67 km deep · 23 km away
  41. 1.681 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 64 km deep · 27 km away
  42. 1.815 km E of Aleneva, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
  43. 2.190 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 93 km deep · 41 km away
  44. 2.844 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 60 km deep · 42 km away
  45. 1.929 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3757 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
  46. 1.896 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3757 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  47. 2.287 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3757 days ago · 118 km deep · 90 km away
  48. 1.550 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3757 days ago · 63 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 1.763 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 74 km deep · 85 km away
  50. 2.568 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
  51. 1.961 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 114 km deep · 95 km away
  52. 1.761 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 83 km deep · 61 km away
  53. 1.678 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3755 days ago · 61 km deep · 69 km away
  54. 2.218 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 3754 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 1.782 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3753 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  56. 1.984 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3753 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  57. 1.669 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 1.696 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 99 km deep · 37 km away
  59. 1.969 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 129 km deep · 76 km away
  60. 1.676 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 106.

Before

  1. 1.673 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 83 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.230 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.358 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 119 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.581 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 114 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.585 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 123 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.681 km SSE of Igiugig, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 135 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 84 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 1.615 km WNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.755 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.770 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 93 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.669 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 62 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 1.976 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 71 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 1.886 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 1.853 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 64 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 1.884 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 68 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 3.186 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 90 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 1.564 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3802 days ago · 95 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 1.758 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 124 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.072 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 66 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 1.862 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away

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