Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 21 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 21 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska on Thu, Aug 2, 2018, 7:44 AM AKDT (15:44 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 14 km S of Susitna North, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-08-02 15:44:10 UTC
Depth
58.1 km (36.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.312° N, 150.882° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.6ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.6ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
103

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 121 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.611 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 47 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.513 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.844 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 72 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 1.60 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 30 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.55 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 1.524 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 63 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 2.337 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 58 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.64 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 1.56 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 67 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 1.67 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 2.225 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.726 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 73 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 1.626 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 1.976 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 160 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.723 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 62 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 1.530 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 57 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.650 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 95 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.711 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 1.614 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 1.84 km SSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 2.122 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 65 km deep · 33 km away
  23. 3.124 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 75 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  24. 1.57 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
  25. 1.945 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 73 km deep · 40 km away
  26. 1.918 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 66 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 2.519 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 87 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 2.08 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 1.517 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 1.867 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 118 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 2.121 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 57 km deep · 42 km away
  32. 2.123 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 59 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 2.120 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 79 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 2.221 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 47 km deep · 27 km away
  35. 1.61 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2973 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
  37. 1.819 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away
  38. 1.923 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 58 km deep · 41 km away
  39. 2.256 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 111 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 1.820 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 53 km deep · 45 km away
  41. 1.618 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 1.968 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 112 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 1.522 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
  44. 1.626 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 2.212 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away
  46. 1.612 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
  47. 1.629 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 78 km deep · 54 km away
  48. 1.728 km SW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away
  49. 1.640 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 74 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 1.59 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 51 km deep · 55 km away
  51. 1.623 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away
  52. 1.729 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 64 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 1.936 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 97 km deep · 68 km away
  54. 1.626 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
  55. 2.512 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.630 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 68 km deep · 31 km away
  57. 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 111 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 2.317 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 57 km deep · 6 km away
  59. 1.719 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 1.54 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away

The first 60 of 195.

Before

  1. 1.528 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.712 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 54 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 2.223 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 62 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 1.527 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.238 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 73 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.637 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.917 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 1.818 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 1.53 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 62 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 1.712 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 58 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 1.911 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.881 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 151 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.026 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 80 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 1.574 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.516 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 1.654 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 98 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.93 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 62 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 1.617 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.725 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 68 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 1.648 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 104 km deep · 66 km away

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