Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 46 km ESE of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 46 km ESE of Old Harbor, Alaska on Fri, Aug 16, 2019, 2:24 PM AKDT (22:24 UTC), 0 km (0 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), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-08-16 22:24:20 UTC
Depth
0.3 km (0.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.998° N, 152.639° 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

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Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.151 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 32 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 1.848 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 1.540 km ESE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 1.710 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.814 km ENE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.027 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 1.730 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.642 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 1.619 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 2.029 km SW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.1101 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 2.9144 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 2.9123 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 3.1116 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.719 km NW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 53 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 1.923 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 1.724 km NNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.245 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 1.86 km S of Kodiak, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 2.325 km NE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 1.825 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
  22. 1.624 km SE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 1.621 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 2.7112 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 4.1111 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 1.711 km SSE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.525 km WNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.531 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.87 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.646 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.57 km SE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2623 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 1.51 km E of Port Lions, Alaska · 2625 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.534 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2630 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away

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