M1.7 earthquake Southern Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Thu, Oct 18, 2018, 12:00 PM AKDT (20:00 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 50 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-10-18 20:00:55 UTC
- Depth
- 100.0 km (62.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.219° N, 153.589° 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
- 12
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 137 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.356 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 92 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.843 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 114 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 97 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.753 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 77 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.156 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 109 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.332 km NNE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 173 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.051 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 80 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.947 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 99 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.825 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.065 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 131 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.830 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 71 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 84 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.683 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 74 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.149 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 81 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.257 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 78 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.045 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 108 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.150 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 86 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.062 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 77 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.448 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 159 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.9Southern Alaska · 2903 days ago · 118 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.949 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 110 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.861 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 112 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.249 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 86 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.546 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 107 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.766 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 107 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.958 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 109 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.866 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 59 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.976 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 68 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.258 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.965 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 121 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.389 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.560 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 97 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.647 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.862 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.760 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.858 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 95 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.822 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.059 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 127 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.060 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 117 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.049 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 94 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.559 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 116 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.948 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 115 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.351 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 118 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.755 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 102 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.051 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 128 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.139 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.7Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.942 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 134 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.781 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 94 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.144 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 61 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 2898 days ago · 74 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 90 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.764 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 111 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.445 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 114 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 108 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.853 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 103 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.651 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 69 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.646 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 79 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.980 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.365 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 64 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2907 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.785 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 86 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.654 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 109 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.470 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 62 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.456 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 82 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.177 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 105 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.290 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 84 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.563 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 106 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.624 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.817 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.949 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 115 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.842 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 85 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.823 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 69 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.645 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 78 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.627 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 64 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.657 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 57 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.031 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.935 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 130 km deep · 53 km away
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