Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 26 km W of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 26 km W of Old Harbor, Alaska on Sat, Nov 24, 2018, 10:30 AM AKST (19:30 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 70 km S of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-11-24 19:30:39 UTC
Depth
33.1 km (20.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.212° N, 153.748° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
1.6ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
1.6ML, local (Richter)AACSEPreliminary

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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.623 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 1.724 km E of Akhiok, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 2.040 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.713 km NW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 2.426 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 54 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.834 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.627 km SW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 2.525 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.960 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.059 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.76 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 55 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 1.958 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.514 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.628 km N of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 54 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 1.527 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 1.534 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 2.360 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 3.316 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 54 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 1.745 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 1.641 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 2.149 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.930 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 1.747 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 54 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 2.0Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 2.143 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 1.620 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 1.713 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 1.918 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  29. 1.815 km E of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 38 km deep · 35 km away
  30. 1.622 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 1.629 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 2.034 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 1.521 km NNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 53 km deep · 24 km away
  34. 1.548 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 2.130 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 49 km deep · 29 km away
  36. 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 2.318 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  38. 1.952 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 2.032 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
  40. 1.934 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  41. 1.653 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 67 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 2.75 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 53 km deep · 40 km away
  43. 1.818 km ENE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  44. 3.670 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  45. 1.631 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 1.717 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
  47. 2.018 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 70 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  48. 1.512 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 68 km deep · 50 km away
  49. 1.524 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 1.918 km SW of Chiniak, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 1.52 km NW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 50 km deep · 25 km away
  52. 1.612 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 2.118 km S of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 1.820 km NE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
  55. 1.742 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 1.718 km SSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 1.518 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 2.427 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 2.350 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 2.646 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 73.

Before

  1. 1.631 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 66 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 1.927 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 54 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 1.667 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.943 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 77 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.558 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.933 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.913 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 49 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 1.627 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.829 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.516 km ESE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 1.736 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 2.359 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.243 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.355 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.614 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.840 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 3.013 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.914 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.811 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 1.554 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 66 km deep · 100 km away

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