M1.8 earthquake 18 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 18 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska on Fri, Jul 6, 2018, 3:17 AM AKDT (11:17 UTC), 59 km (37 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 40 km S of Skwentna, 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
- 2018-07-06 11:17:40 UTC
- Depth
- 58.9 km (36.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.906° N, 151.045° 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
- 62
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 104 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.049 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3012 days ago · 87 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.37 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3012 days ago · 61 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 1.512 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3011 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3011 days ago · 93 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.539 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3011 days ago · 85 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.528 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3011 days ago · 100 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.570 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3011 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.137 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3010 days ago · 94 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.933 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3010 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.47 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3010 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.554 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 104 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.419 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.027 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.723 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.745 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3008 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3008 days ago · 88 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.520 km E of Sterling, Alaska · 3008 days ago · 40 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.626 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3008 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.621 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3008 days ago · 76 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.126 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 63 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 5
- 2.728 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 49 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 1.673 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3006 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.716 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3006 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.08 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 3006 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.318 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 3006 days ago · 46 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.278 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3006 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.768 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3006 days ago · 115 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.78 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.36 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.576 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.728 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 75 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.824 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 51 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.949 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 85 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.240 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 78 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.614 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.916 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 65 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.55 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 69 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.59 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3003 days ago · 77 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.663 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 111 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.267 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 111 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 1.553 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 89 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 75 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.575 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.574 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.772 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.52 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 54 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.026 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 3000 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.921 km W of Hope, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.377 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.512 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 44 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.812 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 55 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.810 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 50 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.667 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 113 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.66 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.020 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 69 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.534 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 96 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 73 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.771 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 128 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.546 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 80 km deep · 95 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 4.225 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 3013 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 117 · tsunami flag
- 1.915 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 3013 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3013 days ago · 59 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.662 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3013 days ago · 101 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.822 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3013 days ago · 48 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.846 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 102 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.633 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 76 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.716 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 3015 days ago · 45 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.517 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3015 days ago · 68 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.228 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 3015 days ago · 72 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.827 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 3016 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.242 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 3016 days ago · 79 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.63 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3016 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 3016 days ago · 93 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.619 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3016 days ago · 63 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.750 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3017 days ago · 83 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.24 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 3017 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.223 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3017 days ago · 70 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.777 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3017 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.617 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3018 days ago · 54 km deep · 38 km away
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