M1.5 earthquake 25 km WNW of Old Harbor, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 25 km WNW of Old Harbor, Alaska on Thu, Aug 8, 2019, 9:42 AM AKDT (17:42 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 14 km WNW of Karluk, 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
- AACSE
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-08 17:42:41 UTC
- Depth
- 28.7 km (17.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.312° N, 153.676° 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
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 45 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.939 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 53 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.732 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.822 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.414 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 54 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.711 km SSE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.515 km WSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 41 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.732 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.638 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.846 km ESE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.151 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.848 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.540 km ESE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.710 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.027 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 39 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.730 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.642 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.619 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.513 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.029 km SW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.518 km NE of Karluk, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.520 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 49 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.148 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.542 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.718 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.719 km NW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 53 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.268 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.841 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.714 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 45 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.923 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 34 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.724 km NNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 50 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.535 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.245 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.86 km S of Kodiak, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.638 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.325 km NE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.257 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 49 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.56 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.825 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.632 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2562 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.947 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.156 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.743 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.420 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 78 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.968 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 66 km deep · 100 km away
Before
- 1.650 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 66 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.934 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.848 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.531 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.120 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.87 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 52 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.558 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2619 days ago · 55 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.747 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 57 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.68 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2623 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.646 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2624 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.28 km SE of Karluk, Alaska · 2625 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.57 km SE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2625 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.51 km E of Port Lions, Alaska · 2627 days ago · 43 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.724 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2629 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.7Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2632 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.534 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2632 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.830 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 2632 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.847 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2637 days ago · 59 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.52 km E of Karluk, Alaska · 2637 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
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