M1.8 earthquake 69 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 69 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Fri, Sep 28, 2018, 6:27 PM AKDT (02:27 UTC), 139 km (87 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
- 2018-09-29 02:27:53 UTC
- Depth
- 139.4 km (86.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.842° N, 152.533° 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
- 49
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 89 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.819 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 69 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.574 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 123 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.563 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 126 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.366 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.553 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 91 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.464 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 119 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.366 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 145 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.658 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 94 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.626 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 75 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 77 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.956 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 100 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.964 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 135 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.69 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.718 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.171 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 179 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.254 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 89 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.167 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 108 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.410 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.143 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.634 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 79 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.864 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 114 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 102 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.673 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.633 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 96 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.656 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 97 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 99 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 106 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.187 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 97 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.363 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 115 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.311 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.684 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 123 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.566 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 115 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 101 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.358 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 105 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2915 days ago · 176 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.135 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 85 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 92 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.713 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.769 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 126 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.942 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 84 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.263 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 115 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.645 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 82 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 78 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 119 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.668 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 111 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.861 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 103 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.148 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 93 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.97 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 53 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.038 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 78 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.858 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2913 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.653 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 99 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 114 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.931 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 72 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.831 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 78 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.043 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.973 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 141 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.926 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.159 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 107 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.317 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 59 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.86 km NNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.641 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 86 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.616 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.660 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 125 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 113 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.862 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 139 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.710 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.049 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 99 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.325 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 74 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 92 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.58 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.060 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 122 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.859 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 141 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.859 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 93 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.145 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 94 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 84 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.267 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 121 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.71 km NNE of Kenai, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
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