M1.5 earthquake 70 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 70 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Sun, May 6, 2018, 11:33 AM AKDT (19:33 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 56 km WNW of Ninilchik, 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
- 2018-05-06 19:33:11 UTC
- Depth
- 110.0 km (68.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.017° N, 152.430° 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
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 176 in the 60 days after this one and 125 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.539 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 90 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.529 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 104 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.652 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 93 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.748 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 77 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.544 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 93 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 120 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.640 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3069 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3068 days ago · 92 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.640 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3067 days ago · 88 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3067 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.626 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.62 km SSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.527 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 75 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.947 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 103 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.119 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.510 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.957 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3065 days ago · 106 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 102 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.730 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 107 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.668 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 114 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.938 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 90 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.654 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 83 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3063 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.544 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 89 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.66 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.388 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3062 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.757 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 102 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.757 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 119 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.528 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.673 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 123 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.780 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 136 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.763 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 113 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.663 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 94 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.048 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 86 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 106 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.541 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 84 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.64 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.551 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 105 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.954 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 99 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 111 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.728 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.564 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.763 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.757 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 100 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3056 days ago · 106 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.57 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 58 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.944 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 80 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.133 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 88 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.127 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 60 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.13 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.535 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 74 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.556 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 107 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.957 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 104 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.580 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 132 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.726 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 79 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.316 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.544 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3053 days ago · 88 km deep · 33 km away
The first 60 of 176.
Before
- 1.859 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 163 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.750 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3072 days ago · 105 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.657 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3072 days ago · 90 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.526 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3072 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.540 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3072 days ago · 94 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.468 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3072 days ago · 120 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.742 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 84 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.638 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 107 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.647 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 92 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.820 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.742 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 87 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.769 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3074 days ago · 129 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.038 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3074 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Salamatof, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.872 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.513 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.773 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 122 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.725 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 73 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.633 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 89 km deep · 48 km away
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