Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 26 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 26 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska on Thu, Aug 9, 2018, 10:25 AM AKDT (18:25 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 8 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-08-09 18:25:40 UTC
Depth
15.7 km (9.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.587° N, 148.239° 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
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 138 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.633 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.717 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 1.921 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.61 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2973 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.819 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.618 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.552 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 1.66 km NW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 1.59 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.727 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.553 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 2.343 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 4.28 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 447
  15. 1.747 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 1.516 km ESE of Lazy Mountain, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 38 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 1.547 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 1.841 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.660 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.715 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 1.748 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 2.456 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 1.833 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 2.219 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 1.819 km ENE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 34 km deep · 31 km away
  26. 1.84 km S of Houston, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 1.539 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 1.665 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 1.739 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 1.644 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 1.82 km ENE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 2.27 km SW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 2.125 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away
  34. 1.914 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 2.823 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 1.848 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 1.650 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 1.85 km N of Lazy Mountain, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  39. 1.54 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 2.413 km ESE of Lazy Mountain, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away
  41. 2.421 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
  42. 2.115 km E of Glacier View, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
  43. 2.237 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
  44. 1.98 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
  45. 2.124 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 2.512 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 1.747 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 2.042 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 1.931 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
  50. 2.140 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 1.828 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 1.528 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  53. 1.524 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
  54. 2.048 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
  55. 1.514 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 2.26 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  57. 1.549 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  58. 1.64 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 1.85 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 1.540 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of 138.

Before

  1. 1.610 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.012 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.531 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.959 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.254 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 1.614 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.041 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.748 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.939 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.722 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 1.55 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.60 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 2.018 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.64 km NE of Fishhook, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 1.846 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.245 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 1.513 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.951 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 1.638 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 3.415 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 6

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