M1.6 earthquake 28 km N of Old Harbor, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 28 km N of Old Harbor, Alaska on Wed, Dec 5, 2018, 2:34 AM AKST (11:34 UTC), 54 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.7 19 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-05 11:34:38 UTC
- Depth
- 54.3 km (33.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.456° N, 153.372° 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
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.527 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.719 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 43 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.427 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 63 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.534 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 61 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.316 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 54 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.641 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.927 km E of Chiniak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.930 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 40 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.747 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 54 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.073 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.151 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 64 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.143 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.620 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.524 km NE of Kodiak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 1.713 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.918 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.815 km E of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 38 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.622 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.629 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.034 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 52 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.521 km NNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 53 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.548 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.130 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 49 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.318 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.755 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.841 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 56 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.032 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.653 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.75 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 53 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.818 km ENE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.933 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 90 · tsunami flag
- 1.635 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.935 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 62 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.631 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.717 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.018 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 70 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
- 1.512 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 68 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.927 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.524 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.918 km SW of Chiniak, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.52 km NW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 50 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.612 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 55 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.118 km S of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.820 km NE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.742 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.718 km SSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.518 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.815 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.923 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.113 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.625 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.931 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 31 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.528 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.519 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.616 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.533 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.523 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
The first 60 of 77.
Before
- 1.514 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.76 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.525 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 47 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.627 km SW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.834 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.426 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 54 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.713 km NW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.724 km E of Akhiok, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.623 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.626 km W of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.631 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.927 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 54 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.943 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 77 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.933 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.913 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 49 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.627 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.829 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.516 km ESE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.736 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
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