M1.8 earthquake 30 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 30 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska on Fri, May 4, 2018, 2:15 PM AKDT (22:15 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 28 km WSW of Cooper Landing, 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-05-04 22:15:40 UTC
- Depth
- 5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.951° N, 148.943° 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
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.72 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3068 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.738 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3067 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.852 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3067 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.523 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.153 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.738 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.735 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.554 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3049 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.028 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.8100 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.912 km WNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.133 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 3037 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.621 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 3035 days ago · 58 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.538 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3033 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.636 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3032 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.525 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3030 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.727 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3027 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.190 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3024 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.552 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3022 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.923 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3022 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.539 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3018 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
Before
- 1.640 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3074 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.721 km NNE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.638 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.840 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.018 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.631 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.621 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.521 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.537 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.026 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.721 km NNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.822 km E of Primrose, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.7108 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.839 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 1.935 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.624 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.636 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.174 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.832 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
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