Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 29 km W of Ester, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 29 km W of Ester, Alaska on Sun, Aug 19, 2018, 8:11 AM AKDT (16:11 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 19 km N of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-08-19 16:11:52 UTC
Depth
17.6 km (10.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.862° N, 148.642° 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
43

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.349 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.627 km ESE of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.58 km SE of Nenana, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 3.24 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  5. 1.64 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 4.719 km N of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 42
  7. 1.628 km ENE of Minto, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 2.320 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 1.88 km ENE of Rampart, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.527 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 1.912 km NE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.629 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 1.913 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 1.611 km N of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.011 km N of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.315 km WNW of Livengood, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.618 km WNW of Fox, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 12
  18. 3.1Central Alaska · 2930 days ago · 31 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 13
  19. 1.920 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 1.622 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 1.528 km WNW of Ester, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  22. 3.934 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 19
  23. 2.133 km SE of Minto, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  24. 2.333 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  25. 1.65 km SSW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 1.715 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
  27. 1.529 km SSW of Rampart, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 2.510 km WSW of Nenana, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 1.627 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.49 km ENE of Rampart, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.935 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.439 km E of Anderson, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 1.559 km WSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.828 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.736 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.117 km SSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.726 km W of Minto, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.92 km E of Fairbanks, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 297
  12. 1.918 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away

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