M1.5 earthquake 2 km NW of Old Harbor, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 2 km NW of Old Harbor, Alaska on Mon, Jan 7, 2019, 8:58 PM AKST (05:58 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 26 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-08 05:58:56 UTC
- Depth
- 49.6 km (30.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 57.217° N, 153.330° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.612 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.118 km S of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.820 km NE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.742 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.718 km SSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.518 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.427 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.350 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 63 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.923 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.113 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.625 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.931 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 31 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.528 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.519 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.616 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.639 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.533 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.523 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.114 km SSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.58 km SE of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.637 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.818 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.818 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.526 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.018 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.627 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.527 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.2Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57 km N of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.637 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.827 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.529 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.536 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.015 km S of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.629 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.623 km SW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.831 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.648 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.558 km S of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 46 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.711 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.722 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.616 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 51 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.738 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.512 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.611 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.07 km NW of Chiniak, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.527 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.814 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
Before
- 1.918 km SW of Chiniak, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.524 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.296 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.512 km NW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 68 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.018 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
- 1.717 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.631 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 61 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.818 km ENE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.75 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 53 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.653 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.934 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.032 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.318 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.5Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.130 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 49 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.521 km NNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 53 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.034 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.629 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.622 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.815 km E of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 38 km deep · 41 km away
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