M1.5 earthquake 23 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 23 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 1:13 AM AKDT (09:13 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 19 km SSW of Anchor Point, 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-29 09:13:59 UTC
- Depth
- 57.7 km (35.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.252° N, 152.278° 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
- 24
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 166 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.580 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 86 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.641 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 120 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.649 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 107 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.659 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 88 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.940 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 61 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.740 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 115 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.811 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.864 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 105 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.963 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 100 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.577 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 57 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.959 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 105 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.713 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 61 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.946 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 117 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2956 days ago · -1 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.653 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 79 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.644 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 125 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.738 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 130 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.757 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 101 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 99 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.041 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 133 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.952 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 102 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.725 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 88 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 2954 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.640 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 143 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.340 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 70 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.536 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 79 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.640 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 131 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.926 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 68 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.553 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 75 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2953 days ago · 74 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.352 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.712 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 78 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.544 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 118 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.722 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.137 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 80 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.963 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.559 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 101 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 88 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.213 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 101 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.515 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 72 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.775 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 88 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.546 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 123 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.250 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 114 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 84 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.850 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.917 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.570 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 112 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 90 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.274 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.762 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 101 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.534 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 67 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 96 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.538 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 118 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.550 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 103 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.147 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 123 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.748 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 69 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.812 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 61 km deep · 11 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.681 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.641 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 48 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.575 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 78 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.855 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 96 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.650 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 65 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.653 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 103 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 93 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.749 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 121 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 71 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.58 km E of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 51 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.08 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 62 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.15 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 58 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.361 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 109 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.159 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 118 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 93 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.544 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 109 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.928 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 70 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.067 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 58 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 94 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 97 km deep · 97 km away
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