Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 16 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 16 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska on Tue, Nov 6, 2018, 7:55 PM AKST (04:55 UTC), 49 km (30 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M7.1 1 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-11-07 04:55:31 UTC
Depth
48.8 km (30.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.789° N, 150.553° 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
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 125 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.714 km N of Sunrise, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.563 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 113 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 1.640 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 102 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.54 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 58 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 2.948 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 92 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.68 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 1.917 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.831 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 42 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 1.751 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 91 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.57 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 49 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 1.515 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 67 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 1.761 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 111 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.521 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 1.69 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 1.521 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 1.519 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 38 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 1.69 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 48 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.420 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 58 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 1.55 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 2.124 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 1.626 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  22. 1.620 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 1.723 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 79 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 1.519 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 1.533 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 81 km deep · 72 km away
  26. 1.527 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 2.124 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 72 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 2.026 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 2.055 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 92 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 1.922 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 2.52 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 48 km deep · 36 km away
  32. 1.67 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 42 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 2.111 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
  35. 1.724 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 43 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 1.616 km WSW of Kenai, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
  37. 1.535 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 78 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 2.442 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 2.5Southern Alaska · 2878 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 2.818 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
  41. 1.87 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  42. 1.713 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 68 km deep · 60 km away
  43. 1.749 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 85 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 2.01 km NNE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 2.311 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 59 km deep · 33 km away
  46. 2.022 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away
  47. 1.629 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 39 km deep · 26 km away
  48. 1.54 km NE of Knik, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 1.626 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
  50. 1.67 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 1.66 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 41 km deep · 24 km away
  52. 1.922 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 1.92 km N of Kenai, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 63 km deep · 44 km away
  54. 1.85 km N of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 64 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 1.955 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 102 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 1.734 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 97 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 1.714 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 1.616 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  59. 1.810 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 68 km deep · 39 km away
  60. 1.821 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 60 km deep · 27 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.520 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.726 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 1.726 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 51 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 3.448 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 111 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.611 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 1.522 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 38 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 2.116 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.319 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 1.716 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 40 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 2.115 km NW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 1.810 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2887 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.613 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 46 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 1.728 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 78 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 1.728 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 1.919 km SE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.526 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 78 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 1.57 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 1.919 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.963 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 107 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018eaeuity (also filed as ak20334091). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC.