Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 29 km WSW of Hope, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 29 km WSW of Hope, Alaska on Sun, Sep 23, 2018, 7:14 PM AKDT (03:14 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 28 km S of Susitna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-09-24 03:14:58 UTC
Depth
39.0 km (24.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.834° N, 150.160° 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
89

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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.213 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.325 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 74 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.827 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 67 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 1.710 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.86 km NNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.317 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 2.316 km NNW of Whittier, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.521 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 7
  10. 1.63 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 1.819 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 69 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.24 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 1.63 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.527 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 59 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.83 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 54 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 1.820 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.05 km SSE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 1.98 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.626 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 75 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 1.518 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 1.69 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 1.718 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 51 km deep · 39 km away
  23. 1.830 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 2.128 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 2.410 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 61 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 2.625 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 48 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 2.212 km SSE of Sunrise, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 1.634 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 2.320 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 60 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 2.513 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 2.816 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
  32. 1.633 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 96 km deep · 100 km away
  33. 2.14 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 1.88 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
  35. 2.01 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 1.712 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 2.311 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  38. 1.723 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 1.812 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 48 km deep · 36 km away
  40. 2.111 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 50 km deep · 38 km away
  41. 3.320 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 9
  42. 1.713 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
  43. 1.925 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 2.713 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 36 km deep · 20 km away
  45. 2.425 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  46. 1.645 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 82 km deep · 100 km away
  47. 1.511 km SW of Primrose, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 1.71 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 1.627 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
  50. 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
  51. 1.59 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
  52. 2.628 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 1.623 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
  54. 1.831 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 78 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 2.043 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 3.012 km SE of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 37 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 8
  57. 1.721 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
  58. 2.926 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 1.513 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 46 km deep · 34 km away
  60. 1.911 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 49 km deep · 33 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.58 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 1.626 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 64 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 1.56 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 3.00 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  5. 2.312 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 51 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 1.71 km NNE of Kenai, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 2.010 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.713 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.55 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.632 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 41 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 1.722 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.511 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 34 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 1.721 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2938 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 2.039 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.54 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.67 km N of Eagle River, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.512 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 3.39 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 56 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.72 km SE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 64 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018c9md36s (also filed as ak20261661, us2000hj74). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:25 AM UTC.