M1.6 earthquake 34 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 34 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska on Thu, Oct 4, 2018, 9:40 AM AKDT (17:40 UTC), 79 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M7.1 1 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-10-04 17:40:22 UTC
- Depth
- 79.3 km (49.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.409° N, 151.392° 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: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and 90 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.653 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 122 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.864 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 114 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.816 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.623 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 87 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.673 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.633 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 96 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.14 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.719 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 50 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.88 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.187 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.01 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.712 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.932 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.834 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.728 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 67 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.311 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.416 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 75 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.95 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 79 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.941 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 104 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 74 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.320 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 58 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 9
- 1.746 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 92 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.713 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 65 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.925 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 48 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.724 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 51 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.128 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.942 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 84 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.645 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 82 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.99 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 1.761 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 119 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.668 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 111 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2916 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.825 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 80 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.38 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.71 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.148 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 93 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.627 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 65 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.038 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.858 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2915 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.94 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 77 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.59 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.628 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 52 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.623 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.629 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 114 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.831 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 78 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.043 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 70 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.816 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 87 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.926 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.072 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2913 days ago · 100 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.513 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.617 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.942 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 106 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.911 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.721 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.528 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 427 · tsunami flag
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.143 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 97 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.528 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 51 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.625 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 48 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.520 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.128 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 67 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.830 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.718 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.956 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 100 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.518 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 41 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 77 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.626 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 75 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.553 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 91 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.98 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.133 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 78 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.05 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.820 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 58 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.83 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 54 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.63 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.841 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 106 km deep · 90 km away
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