M1.5 earthquake 55 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 55 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Wed, Aug 1, 2018, 7:36 PM AKDT (03:36 UTC), 89 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 50 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2018-08-02 03:36:16 UTC
- Depth
- 89.4 km (55.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.415° N, 152.343° 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
- 20
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.712 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 54 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.961 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 102 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.838 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 73 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.764 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 125 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.563 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 100 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.949 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 162 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.833 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 124 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.725 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 71 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.754 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 107 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 106 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.863 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 99 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.962 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 109 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.864 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 132 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.747 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 122 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2981 days ago · 143 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.064 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 96 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.628 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.56 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.151 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 83 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.658 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 105 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.049 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 126 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 109 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.721 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.656 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 108 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.755 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 115 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.742 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 141 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.67 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 93 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.225 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 93 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2979 days ago · 102 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 92 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.626 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 70 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.939 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 112 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.976 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 160 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.266 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 106 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.930 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 134 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.822 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 85 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.84 km SSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.660 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 96 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.472 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 93 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.531 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 152 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.822 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 68 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.660 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 102 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.845 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 123 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 99 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.147 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 120 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.767 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 130 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.958 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 127 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.918 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 66 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 99 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.235 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 130 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.573 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 117 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 98 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.670 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 133 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.856 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 95 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.960 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 98 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.566 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 122 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.551 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 106 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.156 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 96 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.764 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 96 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.238 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.53 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.735 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.171 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 134 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.637 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 124 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.646 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 84 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2985 days ago · 113 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.446 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 80 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.723 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.764 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 130 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 56 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.647 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 111 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.524 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 73 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.727 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 67 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.738 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 135 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.955 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 121 km deep · 54 km away
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