M1.5 earthquake 20 km ENE of Halibut Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 20 km ENE of Halibut Cove, Alaska on Wed, Aug 1, 2018, 11:38 AM AKDT (19:38 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 36 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-01 19:38:24 UTC
- Depth
- 38.5 km (23.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.636° N, 150.878° 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: 88 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.838 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 76 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.725 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.521 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.619 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 51 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.628 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.721 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 55 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.822 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 85 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.925 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.822 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.868 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 65 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.56 km WNW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 88 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.830 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 81 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.759 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 51 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.627 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 70 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.118 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.627 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 90 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.629 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 74 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.028 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 39 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.517 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 50 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.38 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 63 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.627 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 71 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.645 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.823 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.340 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 4
- 1.734 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 74 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.515 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 62 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.820 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 51 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.739 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 80 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.981 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 51 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.833 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 66 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.928 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.15 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 58 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.610 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.08 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.58 km E of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 51 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.616 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.641 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.523 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.811 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 55 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.713 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.08 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 58 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 53 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.725 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 88 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 2951 days ago · 67 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.611 km W of Seward, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.340 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.536 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.926 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.712 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 78 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.720 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 54 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.722 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 50 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.137 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 80 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 88 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.213 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 47 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.515 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away
The first 60 of 88.
Before
- 1.735 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 72 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.723 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 64 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.524 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.727 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 67 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2986 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.533 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.022 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 2.45 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 62 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Soldotna, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.125 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
- 2.272 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.632 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 71 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.929 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.68 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 62 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.020 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 69 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.341 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 39 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2997 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.026 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0189sl0cta (also filed as ak20034328). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:47 AM UTC.