Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 53 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 53 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska on Wed, Jan 3, 2018, 4:13 AM AKST (13:13 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 18 km E of Fox River, 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
2018-01-03 13:13:26 UTC
Depth
11.7 km (7.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.251° N, 150.558° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.860 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.97 km NNW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 49 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.617 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.820 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 1.746 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.716 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.33 km NW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 2.0129 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.896 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 3.240 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 38 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 2.537 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 43 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 1.933 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 39 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 46 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 1.76 km NE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 1.582 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.94 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 68 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.832 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.013 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 69 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 1.748 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 1.510 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 1.611 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 74 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 1.659 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 1.849 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 1.516 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 2.069 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
  26. 1.518 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 1.938 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 1.621 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 1.930 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 1.83 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 1.65 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 1.76 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 1.51 km E of Homer, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 3.518 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 23
  35. 1.618 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 2.127 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 1.725 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
  38. 2.823 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
  39. 1.799 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 31 km deep · 100 km away
  40. 1.55 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 2.014 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 52 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 3.289 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 1.960 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 1.511 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 1.639 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
  46. 1.619 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 1.718 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 1.617 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 55 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 1.716 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 73 km deep · 100 km away
  50. 2.718 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 2.113 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 55 km deep · 81 km away
  52. 1.931 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away
  53. 1.63 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 1.949 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 54 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 1.829 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 51 km deep · 25 km away
  56. 1.519 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 64 km deep · 87 km away
  57. 1.5107 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
  58. 1.884 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 51 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 1.910 km ENE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.619 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 68 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.644 km W of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 51 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.6109 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.571 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 1.514 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.612 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 67 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.817 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 84 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.615 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 43 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 3.914 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 7 · tsunami flag
  11. 2.467 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3207 days ago · 32 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.965 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 3.262 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.74 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3210 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 2.26 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.79 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 2.195 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.82 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.24 km WNW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 2.161 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away

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