Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 27 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 27 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska on Wed, Dec 5, 2018, 1:44 PM AKST (22:44 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 16 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-12-05 22:44:59 UTC
Depth
14.2 km (8.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.978° N, 153.122° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.534 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 3.316 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.641 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 1.930 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.0Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 2.143 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 1.620 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.918 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.815 km E of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.521 km NNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 53 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 2.130 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 2.318 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.032 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 47 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.934 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.75 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 1.818 km ENE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 3.670 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.717 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 1.512 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.296 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
  22. 2.3124 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 1.918 km SW of Chiniak, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 1.52 km NW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 50 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 2.118 km S of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 1.820 km NE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
  27. 1.742 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  28. 1.718 km SSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  29. 1.518 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 2.427 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  31. 1.923 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 2.625 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 1.931 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 1.528 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 1.519 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 1.616 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 1.533 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 2.114 km SSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 2.58 km SE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 1.637 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 2.818 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 3.526 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 1.627 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away
  44. 1.527 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 2.0114 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 1.827 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 1.529 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 1.628 km N of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 54 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.514 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.5104 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 3.3103 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 1.76 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 55 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.525 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.627 km SW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 1.834 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 1.713 km NW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 1.724 km E of Akhiok, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 1.623 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.626 km W of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 1.927 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 54 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 1.9109 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.516 km ESE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 1.736 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 3.013 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.4102 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away

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