M1.8 earthquake 66 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 66 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska on Tue, Aug 30, 2016, 5:21 AM AKDT (13:21 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 49 km SW of Nanwalek, 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
- 2016-08-30 13:21:53 UTC
- Depth
- 8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.542° N, 153.572° 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
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 155 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.663 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 130 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.693 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 106 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.696 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.696 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.778 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 104 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.774 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 61 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.253 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 63 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.350 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 56 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.788 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.624 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.949 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.585 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 3679 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 3677 days ago · 77 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.387 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.972 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 62 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.766 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 64 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.539 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.325 km SW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 3675 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.051 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 59 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.344 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.876 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 58 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.981 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 86 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.965 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 118 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.886 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.350 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 54 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.782 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 83 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.533 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.785 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.584 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.973 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 118 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.877 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 62 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.979 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 95 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.657 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 105 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.743 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.549 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.878 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 81 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.162 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 116 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.691 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.744 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.994 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 93 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.962 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.038 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.576 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.755 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 70 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.782 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.493 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.672 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 74 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.766 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.683 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 86 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.568 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 83 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.690 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.787 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.164 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 116 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.193 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.787 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.788 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.589 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
The first 60 of 155.
Before
- 1.584 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.890 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.984 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 66 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 114 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.5100 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.150 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 72 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.960 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.862 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 122 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 111 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.570 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 61 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.544 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 68 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.774 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.772 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.666 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 96 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.873 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 78 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.761 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 65 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.661 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 47 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.895 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.866 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 84 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.171 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 128 km deep · 58 km away
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