M1.8 earthquake 70 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 70 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Sat, Sep 8, 2018, 11:17 AM AKDT (19:17 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 69 km W of Happy Valley, 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
- 2018-09-08 19:17:49 UTC
- Depth
- 113.8 km (70.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.883° N, 152.529° 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
- 55
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 98 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.855 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 90 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.675 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 105 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.556 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 126 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.550 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 103 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.554 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 85 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 109 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.540 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 91 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 104 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 103 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.72 km SE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.574 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.39 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.669 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 108 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.769 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 127 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.039 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 80 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2940 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.741 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.560 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 101 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.566 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 111 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 103 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 107 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.064 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 112 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.713 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 69 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2936 days ago · 88 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.257 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 154 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.458 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 110 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.644 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 77 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.65 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.942 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 80 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.847 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 96 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.010 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 66 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.71 km NNE of Kenai, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.267 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 121 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 84 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.145 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 94 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.859 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 93 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.859 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 141 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 2.060 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 122 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.58 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 92 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.325 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 74 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.049 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 99 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.710 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.862 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 139 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 113 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.660 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 125 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.616 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 76 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.641 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 86 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.86 km NNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.317 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.159 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 107 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.869 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 139 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.819 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 69 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.574 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 123 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.563 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 126 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.366 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 116 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.553 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 91 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.464 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 119 km deep · 87 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.658 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 149 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 105 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.752 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 148 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.570 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 112 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.036 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 80 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.962 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 123 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.560 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 125 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.873 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 124 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.617 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.052 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 88 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.449 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 87 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.525 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 77 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.665 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 132 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.554 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 95 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.859 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 107 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.518 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 67 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.725 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 88 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.535 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.952 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 102 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.528 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
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