M1.6 earthquake 47 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 47 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Fri, Apr 27, 2018, 1:22 AM AKDT (09:22 UTC), 81 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 13 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-04-27 09:22:04 UTC
- Depth
- 80.6 km (50.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.481° N, 152.723° 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
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 116 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.752 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 103 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.542 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 87 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 105 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.663 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 97 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.652 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 108 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.651 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 107 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.349 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 103 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.171 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 120 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.060 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 89 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.616 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.866 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 141 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.626 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 63 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.657 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 88 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.784 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.861 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 96 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.530 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 74 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.760 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 126 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.738 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 107 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.061 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 106 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.626 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 66 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.59 km SE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 52 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.56 km ENE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.622 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 65 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.038 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 141 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.150 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 81 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 97 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.774 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 76 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.745 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 72 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.582 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.846 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 73 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.839 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 126 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.969 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 126 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.941 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 131 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.738 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 72 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.836 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 130 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.730 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 135 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.737 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 104 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.963 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 113 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.017 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.244 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 91 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.838 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 115 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 109 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 98 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.151 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 97 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.734 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 63 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.822 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 79 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.068 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 103 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.741 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 124 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.773 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 122 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.647 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 112 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.639 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 131 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.156 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 106 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.842 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 70 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.059 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 97 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.543 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 126 km deep · 55 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.683 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.677 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 71 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.734 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 68 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.155 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 107 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 102 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.770 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.760 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 102 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.865 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 131 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.614 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 67 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.962 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 55 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.538 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 73 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.945 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 141 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.639 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 67 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.662 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 102 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.144 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.853 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 100 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 56 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.670 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 110 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.862 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 103 km deep · 37 km away
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