M1.5 earthquake 58 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 58 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska on Wed, Aug 8, 2018, 3:57 AM AKDT (11:57 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 56 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-08 11:57:10 UTC
- Depth
- 5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.619° N, 147.625° 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
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.610 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.921 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.644 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.614 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.552 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.634 km NW of Chenega, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.643 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.747 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.718 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.621 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.547 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.748 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.456 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.914 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.856 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 6
- 3.356 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 1.557 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.211 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.857 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.220 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.716 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.136 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.914 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.842 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.943 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2959 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.848 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.650 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.621 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.719 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.853 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.124 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.836 km SW of Chenega, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.636 km SE of Valdez, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.554 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.931 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.129 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.816 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.528 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.533 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.048 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.716 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.611 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
- 1.740 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.535 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.031 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 31 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.648 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.537 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.713 km ESE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.751 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.634 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.656 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.155 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.561 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.541 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.619 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.826 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.128 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.612 km ENE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.728 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
The first 60 of 78.
Before
- 1.656 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.254 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.534 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.520 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.245 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.951 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.638 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.737 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.238 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.035 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.547 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.917 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 2.449 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.571 km SW of Cordova, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.559 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.836 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.649 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.755 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
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