M1.5 earthquake 10 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 10 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska on Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 10:07 AM AKST (19:07 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 14 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2018-01-18 19:07:52 UTC
- Depth
- 11.1 km (6.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.507° N, 151.302° 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: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 131 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.658 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.611 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.659 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.849 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 75 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 100 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.653 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.563 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 80 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.765 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.032 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.516 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.069 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.856 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.65 km N of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.930 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 86 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.747 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 83 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 102 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.832 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.69 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.863 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 104 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 92 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.362 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 91 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.914 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 98 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.619 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 77 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.825 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 92 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.518 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 56 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.847 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 98 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.938 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 101 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.621 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.625 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 72 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.939 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 87 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.621 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 76 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.063 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 93 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.58 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.441 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 94 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 99 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.837 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 90 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.99 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 50 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 99 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.940 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.415 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.853 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 102 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.048 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.52 km S of Cohoe, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.841 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 81 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.956 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 96 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.761 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 101 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.961 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 98 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.749 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 93 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.844 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 86 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.059 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.930 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.621 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.748 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 55 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.956 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 88 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.013 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 69 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 82 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.728 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 77 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.832 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.860 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 68 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.819 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 87 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.582 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.550 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 86 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 109 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.656 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 87 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.844 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 90 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.80 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 69 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.76 km NE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 52 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.453 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 87 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.715 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
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