Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 13 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 13 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska on Fri, Jul 27, 2018, 7:42 PM AKDT (03:42 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 9 km W of Point Possession, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-07-28 03:42:13 UTC
Depth
43.6 km (27.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.586° N, 150.540° 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
66

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 126 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.725 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 3.022 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.641 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.64 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 56 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.516 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 2.446 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.712 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.53 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 1.818 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 1.917 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.238 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 1.527 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 2.712 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 54 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 2.621 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.611 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 47 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 1.56 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 1.67 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 2.225 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 72 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.626 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 70 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 1.711 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
  22. 1.84 km SSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 64 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 1.925 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 40 km deep · 22 km away
  24. 2.122 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 2.822 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 1.918 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 66 km deep · 48 km away
  27. 1.610 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 2.08 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  29. 2.221 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2973 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 1.522 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 41 km deep · 9 km away
  32. 1.626 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 41 km deep · 16 km away
  33. 2.212 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 53 km deep · 23 km away
  34. 1.612 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 70 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 1.629 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 78 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 1.626 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 1.830 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 2.512 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 52 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  39. 1.630 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 1.718 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.621 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 2.317 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
  43. 1.627 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 90 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 1.719 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 1.54 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
  46. 1.715 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 67 km deep · 43 km away
  47. 2.533 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 74 km deep · 76 km away
  48. 2.028 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 1.517 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 2.38 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 1.823 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 39 km deep · 25 km away
  52. 2.049 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 90 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 2.743 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 94 km deep · 100 km away
  54. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2966 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away
  55. 1.621 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
  56. 1.515 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 62 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 1.628 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2964 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 2.046 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 104 km deep · 99 km away
  59. 1.820 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
  60. 2.220 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away

The first 60 of 126.

Before

  1. 2.513 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 43 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 1.551 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.930 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 75 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.68 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 55 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.514 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 60 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.237 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.67 km WSW of Soldotna, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 59 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 1.86 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.517 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 83 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.81 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 1.520 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 40 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 1.738 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 91 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 2.020 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.428 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.810 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 50 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 1.812 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 55 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 1.512 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 44 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 1.921 km W of Hope, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 2.026 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away

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