M1.8 earthquake Southern Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 2:20 AM AKDT (10:20 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 71 km W of Salamatof, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-28 10:20:09 UTC
- Depth
- 72.7 km (45.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.953° N, 152.264° 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
- 39
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and 181 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.858 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 142 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.635 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 119 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.669 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 122 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.316 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 89 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.565 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 133 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.018 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.349 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 111 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.652 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 106 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.772 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 126 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.932 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.970 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 170 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.671 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 61 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.871 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 122 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.657 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 85 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.964 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 106 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 73 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.562 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 104 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.038 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 68 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.759 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 98 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.213 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 54 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 72 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.536 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 73 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Fox River, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.539 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.414 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 69 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.147 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 88 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.955 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 88 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.262 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 97 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.745 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 83 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.768 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.553 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 109 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.565 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 130 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.716 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 89 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.265 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 117 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.643 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 133 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 106 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 105 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.636 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 133 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.037 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 131 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.874 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 82 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 106 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.56 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 97 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 96 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.630 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 74 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.961 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2581 days ago · -1 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.752 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 105 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.768 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 127 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.120 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 68 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 2.539 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 86 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.53 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 55 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.629 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.338 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 72 km deep · 21 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.548 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 121 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.948 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 147 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.116 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 157 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5 · tsunami flag
- 1.851 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 112 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.217 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 78 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.646 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 77 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.540 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 67 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.511 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 76 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 1.761 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 138 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.855 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 95 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.866 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 118 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.526 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.535 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 124 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.835 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 55 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.333 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 149 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 82 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.611 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.936 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 136 km deep · 69 km away
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