M1.6 earthquake Southern Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Tue, Sep 18, 2018, 11:56 PM AKDT (07:56 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 19 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-19 07:56:59 UTC
- Depth
- 88.2 km (54.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.075° N, 152.296° 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
- 62
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 175 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.757 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 115 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.748 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 127 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.257 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 154 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.458 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 110 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.65 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.942 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 80 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.847 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 96 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.860 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 126 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.453 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.366 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 102 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.010 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 85 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.860 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 131 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.71 km NNE of Kenai, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.267 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 121 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 84 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.94 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 54 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.145 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 94 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.954 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 113 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 75 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.859 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 93 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.859 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 141 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.060 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 122 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.716 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 149 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 93 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 105 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.530 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 70 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 92 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.357 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 103 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.325 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.049 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 99 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.849 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 93 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.710 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.739 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 127 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.862 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 139 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.65 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 98 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.554 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 89 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.562 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 113 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.660 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 125 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.616 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 76 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.641 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 86 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.051 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 128 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.033 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.539 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 71 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.944 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 129 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.159 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 107 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.837 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 91 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.127 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.663 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 98 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.851 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 102 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 85 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.869 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 139 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.527 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 59 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.646 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 81 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.613 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 138 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.148 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 82 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.574 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 123 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.563 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 126 km deep · 46 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.522 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.041 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 115 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.534 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 136 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 107 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.950 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 105 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 6
- 1.953 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 127 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.648 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 80 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.839 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 164 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.566 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 111 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.920 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 198 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.560 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 101 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.654 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.056 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 113 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.039 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.769 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 127 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.847 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 85 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 108 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.840 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 80 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.03 km WSW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 62 km deep · 32 km away
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