Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 28 km ENE of Minto, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 28 km ENE of Minto, Alaska on Tue, Aug 28, 2018, 8:30 AM AKDT (16:30 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 34 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-08-28 16:30:51 UTC
Depth
8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
65.232° N, 148.779° 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
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.320 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 1.88 km ENE of Rampart, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.547 km E of Stevens Village, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.527 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.629 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.913 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.611 km N of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.011 km N of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.315 km WNW of Livengood, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.120 km NE of Rampart, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 2.618 km WNW of Fox, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 12
  12. 3.1Central Alaska · 2930 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 13
  13. 1.920 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 1.622 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 1.621 km NNE of Rampart, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 1.528 km WNW of Ester, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 3.934 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 19
  18. 2.133 km SE of Minto, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 2.333 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 1.65 km SSW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 1.715 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 1.529 km SSW of Rampart, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 1.828 km NE of Livengood, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 1.834 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away

Before

  1. 4.719 km N of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 42
  2. 1.64 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 3.24 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.58 km SE of Nenana, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.627 km ESE of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 1.529 km W of Ester, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 2.510 km WSW of Nenana, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.627 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 2.49 km ENE of Rampart, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 1.935 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.828 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2

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