Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 48 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 48 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska on Fri, Aug 16, 2019, 2:36 PM AKDT (22:36 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 111 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2019-08-16 22:36:56 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.895° N, 152.749° 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
29

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.540 km ESE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 1.710 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.814 km ENE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.027 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 39 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 1.730 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.642 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 1.619 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.029 km SW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 2.1101 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 2.9144 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.9123 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 3.1116 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.719 km NW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 1.923 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 1.724 km NNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 2.245 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.86 km S of Kodiak, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.325 km NE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2568 days ago · 28 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 1.825 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 1.624 km SE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 1.621 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 2.7112 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 4.1111 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 2.151 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 32 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.846 km ESE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 1.711 km SSE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.822 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.1116 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.4115 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.525 km WNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.531 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 3.120 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2619 days ago · 39 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.87 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2619 days ago · 52 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.68 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2626 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.646 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2627 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 1.57 km SE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2628 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.7Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2634 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.534 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2634 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away

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