Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 5 km SE of Hope, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 5 km SE of Hope, Alaska on Thu, Mar 29, 2018, 4:10 PM AKDT (00:10 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 3 km NNE of Big Lake, 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
2018-03-30 00:10:42 UTC
Depth
32.1 km (19.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.891° N, 149.564° 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
37

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 116 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.13 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 48 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 256 · tsunami flag
  2. 2.74 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.23 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.518 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 1.612 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 62 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.919 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 1.719 km NNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 1.612 km NNW of Girdwood, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 2.92 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 54 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.65 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 2.928 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.815 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.52 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.512 km SSE of Knik River, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 1.827 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 44 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 1.64 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 51 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 1.67 km SW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.022 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 1.839 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.92 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 1.912 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 2.039 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 3091 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 1.92 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 52 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 1.66 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 1.65 km ESE of Lazy Mountain, Alaska · 3089 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 1.724 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 1.720 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 63 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 2.09 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away
  30. 1.519 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 2.223 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 39 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 1.73 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 1.613 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 1.822 km E of Primrose, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 1.615 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 1.721 km NNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  37. 2.018 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 3.020 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
  39. 3.517 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
  40. 1.519 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  41. 1.716 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
  42. 1.915 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 1.719 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 1.614 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  45. 1.62 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 63 km deep · 86 km away
  46. 1.510 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 1.54 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 1.521 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
  49. 2.416 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.814 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 1.815 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 56 km deep · 74 km away
  52. 2.117 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 1.515 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 56 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 1.621 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  55. 1.67 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
  56. 1.57 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 2.27 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  58. 2.018 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 1.93 km NW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
  60. 1.64 km S of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 39 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 116.

Before

  1. 1.55 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3109 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.524 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.633 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 31 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.617 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3111 days ago · 43 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 2.324 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 1.515 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.37 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.14 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 1.74 km NNE of Tanaina, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 1.87 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.660 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.323 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.912 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 2.422 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.65 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3115 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.22 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.022 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 67 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.311 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 60 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.58 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 1.812 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away

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