Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 4 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 4 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 1:57 PM AKST (22:57 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 25 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-01-25 22:57:01 UTC
Depth
26.1 km (16.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.523° N, 149.315° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 82 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.627 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 1.613 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.111 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.613 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.515 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.415 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.523 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 1.523 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.722 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 58 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.139 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.524 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 39 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.621 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.650 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 1.850 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.533 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.635 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.69 km NNE of Hope, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 1.63 km S of Eagle River, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 3.425 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4
  20. 2.020 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 1.621 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 3.023 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
  23. 1.624 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 2.88 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 3.221 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 17
  26. 1.637 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 2.055 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3157 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 1.517 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 1.536 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 1.525 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
  31. 1.520 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 1.621 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 54 km deep · 88 km away
  33. 1.547 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 1.53 km SE of Hope, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 31 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 1.851 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  36. 1.86 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 1.73 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 1.925 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 1.539 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 1.636 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 1.616 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 56 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 1.550 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 1.524 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
  44. 1.611 km S of Knik River, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 1.518 km WNW of Hope, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 1.627 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  47. 1.517 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  48. 2.222 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 1.644 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 1.719 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away
  51. 1.627 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 37 km deep · 42 km away
  52. 2.045 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  53. 1.931 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 2.324 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away
  55. 1.646 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 1.518 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 3.120 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 60 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  58. 1.514 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 53 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 1.826 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
  60. 1.58 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away

The first 60 of 82.

Before

  1. 2.511 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  2. 1.621 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.529 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 38 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.941 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.914 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.840 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.616 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.511 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 1.716 km NNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 1.643 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 2.126 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.78 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 1.610 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.09 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.832 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 1.845 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.714 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 1.512 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.819 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 1.65 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 54 km deep · 84 km away

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