M1.8 earthquake 40 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 40 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska on Mon, May 14, 2018, 1:02 AM AKDT (09:02 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 20 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-05-14 09:02:09 UTC
- Depth
- 72.9 km (45.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.297° N, 152.616° 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
- 57
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
- 2.155 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 114 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.860 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 94 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.747 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 117 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.527 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 68 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.340 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 132 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.556 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 73 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.563 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 101 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.632 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 145 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.638 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 122 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.469 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 107 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.842 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 128 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.654 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 78 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.633 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 71 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.558 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 92 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 98 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 114 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.339 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 65 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3060 days ago · 117 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.757 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 118 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.623 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 67 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.16 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.781 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.655 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 95 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 94 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 94 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.635 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 64 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.765 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 110 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 116 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.894 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 74 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 81 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 67 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.844 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 82 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.635 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 128 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.761 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 105 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.147 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 91 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.566 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 104 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.757 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 106 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.789 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.638 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 47 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 67 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.829 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 91 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3057 days ago · 104 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.550 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 74 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.934 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 86 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.054 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 138 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 97 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.645 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 139 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.933 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 154 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.656 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 61 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.726 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 95 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.944 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 86 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.352 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 107 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.024 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 148 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 112 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 84 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.244 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 125 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 99 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.551 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 75 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.739 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 146 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.749 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 108 km deep · 59 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.656 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 85 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.064 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 102 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.561 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 102 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.821 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 149 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.561 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 98 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.957 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 106 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.254 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 79 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.628 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 71 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.845 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 116 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.549 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 106 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.662 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 102 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.670 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 47 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.845 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 132 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.914 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.216 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 51 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 84 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.078 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 63 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.231 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.062 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 105 km deep · 61 km away
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