Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 37 km NNW of Egegik, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 37 km NNW of Egegik, Alaska on Sun, Aug 26, 2018, 10:06 PM AKDT (06:06 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 9 km SSE of Clarks Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-08-27 06:06:31 UTC
Depth
16.3 km (10.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
58.512° N, 157.684° 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

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Stations used
36

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.926 km N of Pilot Point, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 186 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.621 km WNW of Naknek, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.054 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 155 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.754 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 151 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.922 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 191 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.425 km NNE of Pilot Point, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 178 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 3.09 km SSE of Clarks Point, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 1.910 km S of Clarks Point, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.50 km NNE of Clarks Point, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.56 km S of Clarks Point, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 1.747 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.741 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 161 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 1.956 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 150 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.937 km ESE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 138 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 1.611 km S of Clarks Point, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.862 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 149 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.760 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 155 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.547 km SE of Egegik, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.658 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 138 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.754 km SSE of Clarks Point, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.050 km SSE of King Salmon, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 158 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2983 days ago · 157 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018azd1weo (also filed as ak20231529, aacse018azd1weo). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:30 PM UTC.