Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 8 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 8 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska on Sat, Jan 13, 2018, 12:36 PM AKST (21:36 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 18 km E of Fox River, 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
2018-01-13 21:36:44 UTC
Depth
29.4 km (18.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.494° N, 149.522° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 105 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.135 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 1.821 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.715 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.65 km SW of Funny River, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.819 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 59 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 1.512 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 50 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.714 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.845 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.832 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 1.928 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.09 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 57 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.610 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 2.126 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.643 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.716 km NNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 1.53 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.511 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 1.51 km SSE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 66 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.616 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 52 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 1.840 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 1.914 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 1.941 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 2.529 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 1.621 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 2.36 km SE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 2.511 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  27. 1.84 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  28. 1.713 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 62 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 1.627 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3172 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 1.51 km NNW of Kenai, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 1.613 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 2.111 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 1.613 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 1.99 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 1.515 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 2.415 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 1.523 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away
  38. 1.523 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
  39. 1.79 km NE of Kenai, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 1.722 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 1.617 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 51 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 1.52 km S of Cohoe, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 54 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 2.139 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 1.524 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 39 km deep · 41 km away
  45. 1.621 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 1.69 km NNE of Hope, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
  47. 1.63 km S of Eagle River, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 3.425 km N of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 39 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
  49. 2.020 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 65 km deep · 84 km away
  50. 1.621 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 3.023 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 59 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 6
  52. 1.624 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 2.88 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 75 km deep · 81 km away
  54. 3.221 km ESE of Primrose, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 17
  55. 3.518 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 32 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 23
  56. 1.637 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 1.517 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 1.536 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 1.525 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 1.520 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of 105.

Before

  1. 1.728 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 1.519 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 2.018 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 53 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.77 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.719 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 1.61 km E of Cohoe, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.55 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.32 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 1.722 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.912 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.834 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.525 km WNW of Hope, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.52 km S of Hope, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 2.112 km NNW of Girdwood, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.53 km ESE of Kenai, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.219 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 1.746 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.538 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.016 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away

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