M1.8 earthquake 13 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 13 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Fri, Mar 9, 2018, 7:39 AM AKST (16:39 UTC), 68 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 3 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-09 16:39:15 UTC
- Depth
- 68.0 km (42.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.072° N, 151.389° 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
- 44
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 113 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.647 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.271 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.634 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.372 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.536 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 88 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.671 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.642 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 89 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.639 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 111 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.58 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 56 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3128 days ago · 74 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.923 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 68 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.773 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 127 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.613 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 60 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.045 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 82 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 111 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.619 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.716 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3128 days ago · 58 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.827 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 88 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.530 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 77 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.529 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.661 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 106 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.644 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 87 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.743 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 101 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.513 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 117 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.96 km NNE of Hope, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.533 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.930 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 72 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.429 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 69 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.622 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.520 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 77 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.59 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 57 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.523 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.926 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.587 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.610 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.843 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 78 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.718 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.015 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.511 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 56 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.659 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 139 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.571 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 115 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.554 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 102 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.975 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 124 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 69 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.019 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.026 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 76 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.896 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 162 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.943 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 87 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.549 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 100 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 3122 days ago · 94 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.620 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.640 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 94 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.673 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 122 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 115 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.812 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 43 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.265 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 132 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.518 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.317 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.532 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 79 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.663 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.56 km E of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.817 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 61 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.524 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.12 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.635 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.842 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 80 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.230 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 77 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3134 days ago · 111 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.1Southern Alaska · 3134 days ago · 96 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.52 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 57 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.844 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.924 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 70 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.023 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 45 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.826 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
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