Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 97 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 97 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, May 15, 2018, 7:11 PM AKDT (03:11 UTC), 22 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-05-16 03:11:00 UTC
Depth
21.6 km (13.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.110° N, 164.202° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 153 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.399 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 1.636 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.6166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.5170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 3.083 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 69 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 2.156 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 75 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.469 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 3.494 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.991 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.3119 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 41 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 1.555 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.197 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 2.079 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 38 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.4165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.5164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.9162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.5165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 3.291 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.390 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 2.2117 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 2.027 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 1.872 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 2.1117 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  24. 2.896 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 1.986 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 2.287 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 1.9101 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 1.772 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
  30. 3.039 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3052 days ago · 124 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 3.4107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 3.596 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
  33. 1.9107 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 5.5160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 3.9165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 3.0167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 4.1162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 2.6165 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 2.4160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 2.4160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 2.4162 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 2.3158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
  43. 2.5169 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 3.0153 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  45. 3.6156 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 2.3160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 2.1160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 3.7169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  49. 2.251 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 2.7160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 3.9163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 2.4Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 4.3152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 2.9155 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 2.9163 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  56. 3.4164 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 3.9157 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 3.5165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 2.7164 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  60. 3.2163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 153.

Before

  1. 2.285 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 1.74 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.96 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.4165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 55 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.635 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 85 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 2.131 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 1.9110 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 34 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 1.875 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.2124 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.590 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.2163 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.89 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.4165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 4.2101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 2.298 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 2.597 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 2.090 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 39 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 1.651 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.477 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away

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