Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 33 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 33 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska on Tue, Mar 27, 2018, 4:52 AM AKDT (12:52 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 7 km S of Happy Valley, 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
2018-03-27 12:52:59 UTC
Depth
30.9 km (19.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.223° N, 150.103° 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
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 98 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.69 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 1.55 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.55 km SE of Hope, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.612 km WSW of Kenai, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.518 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.535 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 1.719 km NNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 2.48 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.626 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 60 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.421 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 67 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.65 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 2.928 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.542 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 2.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 51 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.97 km NNE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.58 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 59 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.827 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.636 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 43 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.624 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.59 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
  21. 1.839 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.610 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 1.912 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 1.518 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 1.66 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 1.724 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 1.68 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 1.75 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 1.511 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
  30. 2.09 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 2.223 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 1.822 km E of Primrose, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 1.512 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 67 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 2.07 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 52 km deep · 64 km away
  35. 1.721 km NNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  36. 2.018 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 1.518 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 1.614 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 2.22 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 1.83 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 1.54 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 52 km deep · 51 km away
  42. 1.521 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  43. 1.814 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 1.815 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 1.515 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 1.621 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 2.717 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
  48. 1.631 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 1.617 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 64 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 2.028 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 1.59 km SE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
  52. 1.56 km ENE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 2.018 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 1.83 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 1.610 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away
  56. 1.520 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
  57. 1.915 km N of Sunrise, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 1.721 km NNE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  59. 1.725 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 1.86 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of 98.

Before

  1. 1.617 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.324 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.09 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 1.617 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 2.37 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 1.54 km WSW of Kasilof, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.14 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.87 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.022 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 67 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.933 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.812 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.94 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.619 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 1.65 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 52 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.513 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 2.05 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.79 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 1.824 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.542 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 1.95 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 61 km deep · 69 km away

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