Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 42 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 42 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska on Wed, Nov 7, 2018, 11:29 PM AKST (08:29 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 36 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 1.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Wed, Nov 7, 2018, 11:29 PM AKST
UTC: 2018-11-08 08:29:01 UTC
Depth: 72.3 km (44.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 63.055° N, 148.539° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

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Stations used: 63

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 121 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 121.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018ec4lyth (also filed as ak20335381). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:10 AM UTC.