Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 48 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 48 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska on Fri, Jul 27, 2018, 10:46 PM AKDT (06:46 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 123 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-07-28 06:46:33 UTC
Depth
29.8 km (18.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.821° N, 152.913° 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
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.527 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.611 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.632 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.2119 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 1.930 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 52 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.724 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.8Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 1.947 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.042 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 1.670 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.992 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 46 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 2.247 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 23 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 2.7115 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.831 km ENE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 1.518 km ENE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 2.033 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 2.07 km NW of Chiniak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 1.530 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 54 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.932 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  21. 2.035 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 1.828 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 2.2118 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 3.0123 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 2.7123 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 1.8112 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  27. 1.532 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 1.775 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 1.661 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 1.631 km ENE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  31. 1.633 km W of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 2.047 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.832 km ENE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.431 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.139 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 3016 days ago · 50 km deep · 58 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse0189lr62bs. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:08 PM UTC.