M1.8 earthquake 60 km E of Chiniak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 60 km E of Chiniak, Alaska on Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 2:00 PM AKDT (22:00 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 67 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-13 22:00:55 UTC
- Depth
- 33.3 km (20.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.594° N, 151.272° 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
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.947 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.5136 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.042 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.543 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.167 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.831 km ENE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.07 km NW of Chiniak, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.35 km NW of Kodiak Station, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.252 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.521 km NE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.523 km N of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.879 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.45 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 32 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.532 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.631 km ENE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.787 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.589 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.074 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.099 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.862 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.75 km S of Kodiak, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.2Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.07 km SE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 30 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.47 km SSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.726 km N of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.3101 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 1.8125 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1138 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 52 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.637 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.734 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.54 km E of Port Lions, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.279 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.151 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.931 km E of Chiniak, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.830 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.266 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 56 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.832 km ENE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.789 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
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