M1.8 earthquake 42 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 42 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Wed, May 2, 2018, 3:23 PM AKDT (23:23 UTC), 70 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 13 km E of Ninilchik, 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
- 2018-05-02 23:23:38 UTC
- Depth
- 70.3 km (43.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.601° N, 152.501° 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
- 64
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.059 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 97 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.543 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 126 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.038 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3074 days ago · 128 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.176 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3074 days ago · 72 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.744 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3074 days ago · 81 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.038 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.769 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 129 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.07 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 49 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 1.711 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 66 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.961 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 62 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.373 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3072 days ago · 80 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.521 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3072 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.742 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3072 days ago · 84 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.954 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3072 days ago · 132 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3072 days ago · 92 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.724 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3072 days ago · 70 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.657 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3072 days ago · 90 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.954 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 106 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.723 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 131 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 110 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.812 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.859 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 163 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.539 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 90 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 105 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.960 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 80 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 105 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.939 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 75 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.529 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 121 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.027 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 64 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 93 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.933 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 3070 days ago · 105 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.452 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 110 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.563 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 96 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.359 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 109 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.664 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.56 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.549 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 61 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.541 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 76 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.516 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 67 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.944 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 137 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.753 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 82 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.129 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 67 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.635 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 71 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.943 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 154 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.845 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3068 days ago · 120 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.846 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3068 days ago · 72 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.523 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3068 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.651 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3068 days ago · 88 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.521 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3068 days ago · 54 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.857 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3068 days ago · 87 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.652 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3068 days ago · 124 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.939 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3068 days ago · 129 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.656 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3068 days ago · 96 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3068 days ago · 89 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3068 days ago · 94 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.782 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3068 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.710 km E of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3068 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.750 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3068 days ago · 105 km deep · 42 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.156 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 106 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.639 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 131 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.647 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 112 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.773 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 122 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.741 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 124 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.068 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 103 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.822 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 79 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.734 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 63 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.151 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 97 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 98 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 109 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.838 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 115 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.244 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 91 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.017 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 82 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.963 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 113 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 104 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.737 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 53 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.730 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 135 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.836 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 130 km deep · 60 km away
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