Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 18 km ENE of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 18 km ENE of Old Harbor, Alaska on Tue, Aug 28, 2018, 7:29 PM AKDT (03:29 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 89 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2018-08-29 03:29:09 UTC
Depth
30.0 km (18.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.245° N, 153.012° 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
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.07 km NW of Chiniak, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 1.530 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 2.35 km NW of Kodiak Station, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.521 km NE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.932 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 2.035 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.738 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.828 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 2.45 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 32 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 1.532 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 1.810 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.631 km ENE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 1.633 km W of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 53 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 1.630 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.720 km SE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.024 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 37 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.144 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.517 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.75 km S of Kodiak, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 1.615 km ENE of Karluk, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 67 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 1.749 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 2.07 km SE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 1.516 km S of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
  24. 2.47 km SSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  25. 1.640 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 1.936 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.831 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 1.717 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 1.532 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 1.754 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away
  31. 1.611 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 2.325 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 2.130 km SSW of Chiniak, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  34. 2.938 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 2.656 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 1.552 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 51 km deep · 100 km away
  37. 1.525 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 3.189 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 1.833 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 52 km deep · 70 km away

Before

  1. 1.735 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.831 km ENE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 2.247 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 1.992 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.042 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 1.635 km ENE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 1.947 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 1.8Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 1.837 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.724 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.930 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 52 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 1.734 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.54 km E of Port Lions, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 41 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.635 km ENE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 55 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.151 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.632 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 1.611 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 1.514 km NW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 1.931 km E of Chiniak, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away

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