Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 46 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 46 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Sun, Oct 14, 2018, 12:33 PM AKDT (20:33 UTC), 139 km (87 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 42 km NW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-10-14 20:33:27 UTC
Depth
139.3 km (86.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.765° N, 160.589° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 6.0 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
83°
Stations used
27

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.611 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 107 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 3.524 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 166 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 3.219 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 206 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 3.051 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 204 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 3.535 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.141 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 58 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.235 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 1.920 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 3.318 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 79 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 1.853 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 3.127 km NNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 204 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 3.369 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.838 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.646 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.845 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.713 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 4.142 km NW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 210 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.312 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 48 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 3.142 km NNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 211 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.929 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 2.538 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 2.928 km NNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 116 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 1.762 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 3.730 km NW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 202 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.722 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 3.954 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 168 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.634 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 170 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.543 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 78 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.718 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 2.266 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.741 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.925 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 110 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 1.851 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 109 km deep · 53 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hfss (also filed as ak20281866, aacse018d6zcemd, ak018d6zcemd). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:09 AM UTC.