M1.7 earthquake 12 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 12 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska on Fri, Oct 5, 2018, 11:19 AM AKDT (19:19 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 37 km NE of Fox River, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-10-05 19:19:28 UTC
- Depth
- 6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.058° N, 149.225° 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
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.723 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.812 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.111 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.713 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.511 km SW of Primrose, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.241 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.56 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.66 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.721 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 55 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.620 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.643 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.614 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.618 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.13 km WSW of Whittier, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.437 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 23
- 1.521 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.554 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.924 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.612 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.717 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.226 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 54 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.821 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.554 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.516 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 39 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.740 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.920 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 62 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.553 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.624 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.627 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.68 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.831 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.627 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 54 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.521 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.519 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.69 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.526 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.623 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.519 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.636 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.52 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.87 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.022 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.629 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.66 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.919 km S of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.817 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.65 km E of Sunrise, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Sunrise, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.519 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.624 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.928 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.817 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 7
- 1.621 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.920 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.627 km S of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
The first 60 of 69.
Before
- 2.320 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.212 km SSE of Sunrise, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.743 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.527 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.640 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.316 km NNW of Whittier, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.728 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.632 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.511 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.740 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.611 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 5
- 1.533 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.520 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
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