Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 16 km S of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 16 km S of Old Harbor, Alaska on Sun, Oct 7, 2018, 10:59 AM AKDT (18:59 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.7 29 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-10-07 18:59:11 UTC
Depth
11.7 km (7.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.055° N, 153.281° 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
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 42 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.729 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.47 km SSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.230 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.831 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 1.532 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.611 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.325 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.130 km SSW of Chiniak, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.8108 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.656 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 2.126 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.525 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 3.189 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.833 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 52 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.731 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 2.551 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 1.954 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 1.721 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 1.71 km W of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 1.967 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 2.071 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 2.011 km ESE of Kodiak, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 1.811 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 49 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 2.4102 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 3.013 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 63 km deep · 82 km away
  26. 1.736 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  27. 1.516 km ESE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  28. 1.913 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 1.927 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 54 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 1.626 km W of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
  31. 1.623 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 1.724 km E of Akhiok, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  33. 2.040 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 1.713 km NW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 29 km deep · 28 km away
  35. 1.834 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
  36. 1.627 km SW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 2.525 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
  38. 1.76 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 55 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 1.514 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 1.628 km N of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 54 km deep · 45 km away
  41. 1.527 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  42. 1.534 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 2.07 km SE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.749 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 1.615 km ENE of Karluk, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 67 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.75 km S of Kodiak, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.517 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.747 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.611 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 45 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 2.024 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.720 km SE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.630 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 1.622 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.638 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.633 km W of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 53 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 2.044 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.631 km ENE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 1.661 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.810 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 1.532 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 1.828 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse018cvdjn99. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:19 AM UTC.