M1.8 earthquake 37 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 37 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Thu, Sep 27, 2018, 6:47 PM AKDT (02:47 UTC), 91 km (57 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 50 km ENE of Pedro Bay, 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
- 2018-09-28 02:47:40 UTC
- Depth
- 91.1 km (56.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.896° N, 152.452° 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
- 21
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 167 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.127 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 51 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.663 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 98 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 102 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 85 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.646 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 81 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.613 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 138 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.148 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 82 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.574 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 123 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.570 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 81 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.563 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 126 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 87 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.366 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 116 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.723 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 136 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.553 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 91 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.464 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 119 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.366 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 145 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.658 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 94 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 96 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.931 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 145 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.349 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 106 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.972 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 89 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.964 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 135 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.747 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 86 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.69 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.011 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 53 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.171 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 179 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.254 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 89 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.167 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 108 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.066 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 101 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 96 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.410 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.817 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 56 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.338 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 117 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.259 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 116 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.320 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 60 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.861 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 100 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.513 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 69 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.623 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.527 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 67 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.544 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 86 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 102 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.633 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 96 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.938 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 127 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.656 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 97 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 99 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 106 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.610 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 53 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.564 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 96 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.550 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 105 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.646 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 104 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 97 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.547 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 125 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.363 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 115 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.315 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 63 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.963 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 83 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.684 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 123 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 83 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.653 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.662 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 100 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.566 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 115 km deep · 42 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.159 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 107 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 75 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.944 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 129 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.539 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 71 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.168 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.033 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.051 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 128 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.641 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 86 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.616 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 76 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.660 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 125 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.554 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 89 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 98 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.65 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.862 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 139 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.739 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 127 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.849 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 93 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.049 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 99 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.357 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 103 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 92 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.530 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 70 km deep · 38 km away
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