Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 83 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 83 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska on Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 9:04 PM AKDT (05:04 UTC), 49 km (30 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
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-08-28 05:04:14 UTC
Depth
48.7 km (30.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.543° N, 148.358° 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
48

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 105 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.859 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 79 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.115 km E of Glacier View, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.237 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 1.629 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 85 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.260 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 52 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.854 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 85 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.512 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 34 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.736 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.042 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 1.524 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 1.732 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 3.045 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 49 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 1.54 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.949 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 64 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.514 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.640 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 67 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.371 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 2.457 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 60 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 1.620 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 1.5Central Alaska · 2943 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 3.224 km WNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  22. 3.923 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 55 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 7
  23. 3.239 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.617 km NNW of Nelchina, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 2.059 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 62 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 1.639 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 55 km deep · 52 km away
  27. 2.248 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 1.641 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 2.139 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 1.624 km E of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 1.747 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 70 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 1.561 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  33. 1.541 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
  34. 3.414 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  35. 2.343 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 1.972 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  37. 1.725 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  38. 1.910 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 1.634 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 24 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 2.48 km SSE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.535 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 2.454 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 67 km deep · 47 km away
  43. 1.568 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 2.171 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 2.245 km W of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 1.920 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 1.660 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 58 km deep · 45 km away
  48. 1.728 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
  49. 1.963 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 62 km deep · 40 km away
  50. 1.962 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 66 km deep · 51 km away
  51. 2.258 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 61 km deep · 45 km away
  52. 1.763 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 59 km deep · 36 km away
  53. 1.854 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 69 km deep · 77 km away
  54. 1.645 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 86 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 1.982 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 45 km deep · 1 km away
  56. 1.825 km NE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 1.836 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  58. 1.7Central Alaska · 2920 days ago · 71 km deep · 78 km away
  59. 2.18 km N of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
  60. 1.658 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of 105.

Before

  1. 2.150 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 47 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 3.049 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 67 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.125 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.554 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 72 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 1.716 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 79 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.665 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 44 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 1.633 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 57 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 1.57 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.539 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 1.819 km ENE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.219 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 1.660 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 46 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 1.952 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 81 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 3.236 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 77 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.161 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 78 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  16. 4.28 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 447
  17. 2.553 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 27 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 1.727 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.940 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 67 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 1.66 km NW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018b0zzcje (also filed as ak20236867). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:35 PM UTC.