M1.8 earthquake 60 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 60 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska on Tue, Dec 25, 2018, 5:43 PM AKST (02:43 UTC), 75 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 57 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-26 02:43:27 UTC
- Depth
- 74.6 km (46.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.265° N, 152.961° 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
- 32
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 122 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.059 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.884 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 63 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.854 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.861 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 114 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.948 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 153 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.72 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 86 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.655 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 89 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.549 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.648 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 108 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.546 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 119 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.591 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 78 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.62 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.665 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 116 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.030 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 91 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.355 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 89 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.266 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.430 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 143 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.165 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 99 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.512 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 52 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.442 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 110 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.086 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 63 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.463 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 109 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.062 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 84 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.032 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 131 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.463 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 108 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.250 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 129 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.918 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 112 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.943 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 111 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.737 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 63 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.758 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 84 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 97 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.840 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 59 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.634 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.964 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 125 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.571 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 104 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.962 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 105 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.722 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.011 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.050 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 84 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.595 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 69 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.945 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 117 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.636 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 127 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.849 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 162 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 6
- 1.560 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 88 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 114 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.779 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 68 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 106 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.266 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 109 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 83 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.814 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 72 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.533 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.858 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 106 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.959 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 67 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.857 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 105 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.692 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 92 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.643 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 93 km deep · 87 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.057 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 108 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.857 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 102 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.458 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.550 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 121 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.863 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 104 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.168 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 114 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 110 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.352 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 104 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.638 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 123 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.056 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 102 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.765 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 102 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.953 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 125 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.049 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 118 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.428 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 158 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.845 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.08 km SE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.880 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 65 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.857 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 122 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.662 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 61 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
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