Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 65 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 65 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska on Wed, Aug 22, 2018, 12:11 PM AKDT (20:11 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 23 km NE 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
2018-08-22 20:11:55 UTC
Depth
43.7 km (27.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.382° N, 148.287° 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
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.554 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.125 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 2.823 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 3.049 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 2.150 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 1.85 km N of Lazy Mountain, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.883 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 49 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 2.413 km ESE of Lazy Mountain, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.421 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.859 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.115 km E of Glacier View, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 2.237 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 2.260 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 52 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 2.512 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 1.736 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.042 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 1.828 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 1.524 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 30 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 1.732 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 72 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 3.045 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 49 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 1.54 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 1.949 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
  23. 1.514 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 1.640 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 67 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 2.371 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 2.457 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 1.620 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 1.5Central Alaska · 2940 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 3.224 km WNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  30. 3.923 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 55 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 7
  31. 3.239 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.617 km NNW of Nelchina, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 2.015 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 58 km deep · 100 km away
  34. 2.059 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 2.019 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 1.639 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 55 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 2.248 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 1.641 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
  39. 2.139 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 46 km deep · 46 km away
  40. 1.624 km E of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 1.747 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
  42. 1.561 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 1.541 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 3.414 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
  45. 2.314 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 2.343 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away
  47. 2.334 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 1.972 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 1.725 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
  50. 1.910 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
  51. 1.634 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
  52. 2.48 km SSE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.535 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 68 km deep · 83 km away
  54. 2.454 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
  55. 1.568 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 1.822 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 1.630 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 2.171 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  59. 2.245 km W of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away
  60. 1.920 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of 101.

Before

  1. 1.633 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 57 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.57 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.539 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 1.819 km ENE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.219 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.715 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 1.660 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 1.952 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 81 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.516 km ESE of Lazy Mountain, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 3.236 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 77 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 4.28 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 447
  12. 2.553 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 1.727 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.940 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 67 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 1.66 km NW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 1.618 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.819 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.554 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.717 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.626 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018arbqct2 (also filed as ak20150224). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC.