M1.8 earthquake 30 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 30 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska on Mon, Nov 12, 2018, 12:24 AM AKST (09:24 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 49 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-12 09:24:56 UTC
- Depth
- 2.9 km (1.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 63.351° N, 145.430° 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
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.051 km N of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.982 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.621 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.949 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 2.885 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.581 km W of Paxson, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.123 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.769 km SW of Whitestone, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.650 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.828 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.632 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.737 km NE of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.921 km WSW of Chistochina, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 118 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018eirbu0e (also filed as ak20354533). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:51 AM UTC.