M1.5 earthquake 59 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 59 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Mon, Apr 23, 2018, 1:57 AM AKDT (09:57 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 17 km E of Beluga, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-04-23 09:57:40 UTC
- Depth
- 99.8 km (62.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.806° N, 152.356° 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
- 23
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 164 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.657 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 104 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.575 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 106 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.020 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
- 3.517 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
- 1.519 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3084 days ago · 119 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.043 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 85 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.622 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 83 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.721 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 83 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.848 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 77 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.167 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 149 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.719 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.62 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.958 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 98 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.860 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 100 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.670 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 110 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.54 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 52 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.144 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 83 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3083 days ago · 109 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 85 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.727 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 79 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.748 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.865 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 131 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 102 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.815 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3082 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.117 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.640 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 82 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.515 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.448 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 97 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.547 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 91 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.745 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 179 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 105 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.647 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 89 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.67 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.828 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 82 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.753 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 84 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.561 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 92 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.171 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3080 days ago · 120 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.717 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.674 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 126 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.924 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 74 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.866 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 141 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.078 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 138 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.853 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 77 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 114 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.617 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.760 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 126 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 107 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.028 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.640 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 89 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 97 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3078 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.754 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 86 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.969 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 126 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.946 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 89 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.921 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 84 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.654 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 116 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 88 km deep · 57 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.07 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 86 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.512 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 3085 days ago · 102 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3085 days ago · 114 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.842 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 87 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.747 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 87 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.961 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 124 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.671 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 127 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.156 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 94 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3086 days ago · 94 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.521 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 78 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.654 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 102 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.547 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 83 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.680 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 130 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 3087 days ago · 115 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.853 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 165 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 81 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.146 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 82 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.771 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 147 km deep · 59 km away
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