M1.9 earthquake 56 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 56 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sat, Oct 6, 2018, 7:23 PM AKDT (03:23 UTC), 83 km (52 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 50 km ENE 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-10-07 03:23:45 UTC
- Depth
- 83.1 km (51.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.511° N, 152.868° 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
- 74
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 157 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.653 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 68 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.662 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 100 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.566 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 115 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.950 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 125 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.021 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 54 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.042 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 101 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 121 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.862 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 101 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.518 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 63 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.624 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.529 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 71 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.849 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 105 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.358 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 105 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.663 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 119 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.822 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 63 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2915 days ago · 176 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.230 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.064 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 111 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.230 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.135 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 85 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2915 days ago · 74 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.769 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 126 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.263 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 115 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.98 km N of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.691 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.049 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 105 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 103 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.02 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 51 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.97 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.242 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 127 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.765 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 66 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 99 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.838 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 132 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.653 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 99 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2912 days ago · 62 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.847 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 77 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.667 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.76 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.048 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 107 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.020 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 152 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.665 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 108 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 119 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.939 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 127 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 85 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.954 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 112 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.560 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 88 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.935 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 130 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.031 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 61 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.041 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.063 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 125 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.627 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 64 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 78 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.823 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 69 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.842 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 85 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.949 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 115 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.049 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 94 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.447 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 91 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.817 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 78 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.624 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 66 km deep · 41 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.963 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 83 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.315 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 63 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.363 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 115 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.547 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 125 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 97 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.646 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 104 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.550 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 105 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.564 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 96 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.610 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 53 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 106 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 99 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.656 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 97 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.938 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 127 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 102 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.544 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 86 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.527 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 67 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.861 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 100 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.259 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 116 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.338 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 117 km deep · 39 km away
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