M1.6 earthquake 11 km SSW of Chiniak, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 11 km SSW of Chiniak, Alaska on Mon, May 7, 2018, 12:18 PM AKDT (20:18 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 60 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-05-07 20:18:56 UTC
- Depth
- 47.0 km (29.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.516° N, 152.347° 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
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.627 km SW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.942 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 52 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.842 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.74 km SSW of Kodiak, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 53 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.028 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.65 km SSE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.63 km SSE of Kodiak, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.66 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.533 km SSW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.621 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.265 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.527 km SE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.613 km NNE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 31 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.642 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.560 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.752 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.831 km WSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 3044 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.626 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3042 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.334 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3040 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.082 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3037 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.817 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3035 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.320 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3035 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.577 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3032 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.636 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3029 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.355 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3029 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.274 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3026 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.57 km S of Kodiak, Alaska · 3026 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.72 km SW of Kodiak, Alaska · 3025 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.737 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3024 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.667 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3022 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.541 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3022 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3021 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.671 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3020 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.918 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3020 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.139 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 3018 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 2.243 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.393 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.13 km WNW of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.914 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.224 km ESE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.920 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.511 km SE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.210 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.862 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.043 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 53 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.047 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
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