Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 48 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 48 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska on Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 12:56 AM AKDT (08:56 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 72 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-08-31 08:56:27 UTC
Depth
11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.690° N, 169.457° 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
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 93 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.145 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 2.446 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 2.046 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 1.849 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 3.450 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 19 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 2.849 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 3.039 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 2.551 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 2.8106 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.549 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.946 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 1.647 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 3.064 km WNW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 173 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 1.751 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 1.747 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 1.743 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 1.745 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 1.544 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 2.743 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 2.646 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  21. 1.648 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  22. 3.870 km S of Nikolski, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 1.943 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  24. 4.184 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  25. 2.379 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 2.269 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away
  27. 2.273 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 39 km deep · 31 km away
  28. 2.470 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 32 km deep · 28 km away
  29. 2.273 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  30. 3.680 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  31. 2.371 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
  32. 3.572 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  33. 2.375 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
  34. 2.143 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  35. 2.592 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 149 km deep · 48 km away
  36. 1.961 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 2.276 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 31 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 2.1115 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 2.074 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
  40. 1.978 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
  41. 2.5123 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 2.273 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
  43. 2.3111 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 2.3129 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  45. 2.162 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
  46. 1.743 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  47. 1.548 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  48. 2.1104 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 2.360 km NW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 145 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 2.228 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away
  51. 2.171 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  52. 1.749 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
  53. 1.749 km W of Nikolski, AK · 2937 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  54. 1.656 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 27 km deep · 11 km away
  55. 1.849 km W of Nikolski, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  56. 2.369 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 164 km deep · 23 km away
  57. 1.849 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
  58. 1.948 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2935 days ago · -2 km deep · 8 km away
  59. 1.650 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  60. 3.486 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away

The first 60 of 93.

Before

  1. 2.147 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 3.747 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 2.148 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 2.646 km W of Nikolski, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 2.343 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 2.145 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 2.143 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 2.948 km W of Nikolski, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 2.246 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 2.344 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 4.448 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 1.745 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.246 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 2.244 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 2.044 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 4.746 km W of Nikolski, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 2.945 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 3.351 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 35 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 3.573 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 81 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 2.074 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 63 km deep · 27 km away

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