M1.9 earthquake 18 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 18 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska on Sat, Mar 31, 2018, 7:09 AM AKDT (15:09 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 4 km SSW of Kodiak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-31 15:09:26 UTC
- Depth
- 13.0 km (8.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.557° N, 151.994° 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
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.855 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.237 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.718 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.851 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.831 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.076 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.862 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 40 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.210 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.511 km SE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.920 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.224 km ESE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.914 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.13 km WNW of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.393 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.611 km SSW of Chiniak, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 47 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.981 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3068 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.627 km SW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.842 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 58 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.74 km SSW of Kodiak, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.63 km SSE of Kodiak, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.66 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.621 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.265 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.613 km NNE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 31 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.677 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.642 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 1.929 km NE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.924 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.29 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 54 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.878 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.73 km E of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.126 km SW of Chiniak, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.969 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.7111 km ENE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.645 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.857 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.261 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.649 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.654 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.98 km NNE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.515 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.061 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.3Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 55 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.699 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
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