Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 30 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 30 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska on Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 3:11 AM AKDT (11:11 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 45 km N of Valdez, 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
2018-09-25 11:11:48 UTC
Depth
24.2 km (15.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.582° N, 148.116° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 192 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.58 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 2.020 km N of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.245 km W of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.920 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 2.316 km NNW of Whittier, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.847 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.728 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 7
  9. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.24 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.63 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.654 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.836 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 1.547 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.513 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 31 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 1.98 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.814 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 3.756 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 13
  19. 1.556 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 2.355 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 1.723 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 1.632 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 27 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 1.825 km NE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  24. 2.14 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 1.942 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 1.719 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 1.88 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 2.819 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 2.233 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  30. 1.846 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 1.636 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 1.836 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 2.01 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 1.755 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  35. 4.056 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
  36. 1.755 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 1.954 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  38. 2.18 km N of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 39 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 1.543 km E of Knik River, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 1.918 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 31 km deep · 18 km away
  41. 2.425 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 2.99 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 39 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  43. 1.772 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 1.632 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2914 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 1.721 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
  47. 2.38 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 1.71 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 1.641 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 1.557 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 1.59 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 1.99 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
  53. 1.514 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 32 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 1.643 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
  55. 3.012 km SE of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 37 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 8
  56. 2.040 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 31 km deep · 65 km away
  57. 1.557 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 1.741 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 1.712 km N of Buffalo Soapstone, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  60. 1.617 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away

The first 60 of 192.

Before

  1. 2.213 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.128 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.822 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.826 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.619 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.541 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 1.561 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 1.634 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.910 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 1.56 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 2.634 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 3.00 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
  13. 1.725 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 2.334 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 2.314 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 2.1Southern Alaska · 2933 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.537 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 1.638 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.338 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 2.636 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away

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