Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 97 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 97 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 11:30 PM AKDT (07:30 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 89 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-09-26 07:30:00 UTC
Depth
31.6 km (19.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.578° N, 159.746° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.085 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.6101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 2.869 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.162 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 2.7122 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.190 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.384 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 2.6143 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.374 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.874 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.395 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.096 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 3.382 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.678 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.5107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 2.493 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.580 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 72 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 2.8125 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 3.297 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 2.484 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 2.4143 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 2.080 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  25. 2.588 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 2.1105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  27. 3.535 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 3.9123 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 3.7113 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 34 km deep · 58 km away
  30. 2.3109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 42 km deep · 14 km away
  31. 2.5128 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 3.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 31 km deep · 23 km away
  33. 2.235 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 1.920 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 54 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 4.189 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 32 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 2876 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
  37. 1.882 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 2.372 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  39. 2.5143 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 1.853 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  41. 2.696 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 2.079 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.718 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.872 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 31 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.266 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.741 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.3117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.8105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 3.5114 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 1.874 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.317 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.755 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 1.584 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.566 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 1.888 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.796 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 2.2142 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.578 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.963 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse018cczwtmm. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:01 PM UTC.