Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 21 km NE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 21 km NE of Chiniak, Alaska on Mon, Sep 3, 2018, 8:11 AM AKDT (16:11 UTC), 28 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 38 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-09-03 16:11:09 UTC
Depth
28.2 km (17.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.728° N, 151.996° 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
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.035 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.738 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.523 km N of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 34 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 1.879 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 2.45 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 32 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 1.532 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.631 km ENE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 2.787 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.589 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 1.510 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 2.074 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 2.099 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.024 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.862 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 1.75 km S of Kodiak, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 2.2Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 1.749 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.07 km SE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 1.540 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 2.089 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 2.47 km SSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 1.529 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 1.936 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 1.726 km N of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 2.197 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 1.717 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 2.130 km SSW of Chiniak, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 2.491 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 2.938 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
  31. 1.647 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  32. 2.581 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 1.960 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  34. 1.833 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 2.451 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  36. 1.725 km N of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 2.579 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 2.252 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 2.35 km NW of Kodiak Station, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 1.816 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 56 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.07 km NW of Chiniak, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 23 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 1.518 km ENE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 1.735 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.831 km ENE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 3.167 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.543 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 36 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 2.042 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 1.635 km ENE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.947 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.837 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.860 km E of Chiniak, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 1.741 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 54 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.637 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.734 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 1.54 km E of Port Lions, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 1.635 km ENE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away

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