Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 12 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 12 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska on Sun, Oct 21, 2018, 1:27 AM AKDT (09:27 UTC), 35 km (21 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
2018-10-21 09:27:40 UTC
Depth
34.6 km (21.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.595° N, 150.569° 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
23

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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 90 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.114 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 60 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 2.732 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 75 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.020 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 1.717 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.729 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 81 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.514 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.656 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 90 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.226 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.426 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 1.631 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 81 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 1.712 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 53 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.522 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 60 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 1.821 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 42 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 1.632 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 84 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 1.545 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 95 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.626 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 2.0Southern Alaska · 2896 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 1.640 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 88 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.736 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 77 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 3.155 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 100 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 1.616 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
  22. 1.959 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 95 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 1.516 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 39 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 2.329 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
  25. 2.618 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 63 km deep · 53 km away
  26. 1.914 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 1.733 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 64 km deep · 100 km away
  28. 1.56 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 46 km deep · 32 km away
  29. 1.920 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 62 km deep · 8 km away
  30. 1.524 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 1.614 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 55 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 2.435 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 79 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 1.714 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 49 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 1.514 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 2.25 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  36. 1.930 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 64 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 1.921 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
  38. 1.825 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2890 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 1.624 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 41 km deep · 18 km away
  40. 1.79 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 1.69 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 53 km deep · 50 km away
  42. 1.57 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 1.526 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 78 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 1.919 km SE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 1.728 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
  46. 1.728 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 1.627 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 1.613 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 46 km deep · 45 km away
  49. 1.810 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
  50. 2.115 km NW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  51. 1.716 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
  52. 2.319 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 2.116 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
  54. 1.522 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away
  55. 1.611 km WSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 59 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 1.726 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 51 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 1.726 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
  58. 1.639 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 89 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 1.520 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 1.616 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 49 km deep · 22 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.721 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.714 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 48 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 1.521 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 3.437 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 23
  5. 2.322 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 49 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 3.615 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 58 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
  7. 1.529 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 1.66 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.618 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 44 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 1.710 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 43 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 1.523 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.517 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.713 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 3.421 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 70 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.512 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 2.516 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.55 km NW of Girdwood, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 1.643 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 64 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 1.650 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018didit24 (also filed as ak20288418). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:16 AM UTC.