Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 10 km WNW of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 10 km WNW of Old Harbor, Alaska on Tue, Aug 27, 2024, 2:37 PM AKDT (22:37 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 33 km W of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-08-27 22:37:48 UTC
Depth
39.8 km (24.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.244° N, 153.468° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.540 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 763 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.627 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 761 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.016 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 760 days ago · 50 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.756 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 760 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.536 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 759 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.118 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 759 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.726 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 759 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 1.729 km NE of Akhiok, Alaska · 755 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 2.027 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 753 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 3.958 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 753 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.67 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 753 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.440 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 753 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.29 km SE of Kodiak Station, Alaska · 752 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.637 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 752 days ago · 71 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.924 km NNW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 748 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 1.924 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 748 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 1.842 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 746 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.225 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 745 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 1.537 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 744 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.835 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 741 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.087 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 740 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 2.186 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 739 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 2.242 km SSW of Chiniak, Alaska · 738 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 2.128 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 738 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  25. 2.115 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 738 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 1.920 km N of Akhiok, Alaska · 737 days ago · 49 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 1.843 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 735 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 1.738 km WSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 734 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  29. 1.516 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 734 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 1.951 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 733 days ago · 64 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 2.338 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 731 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
  32. 1.922 km WSW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 729 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
  33. 1.657 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 727 days ago · 66 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 1.650 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 725 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 2.437 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 724 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 1.727 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 722 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 1.531 km SSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 720 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  38. 2.27 km E of Karluk, Alaska · 720 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  39. 4.433 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 719 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 111 · tsunami flag
  40. 2.034 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 719 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 2.226 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 719 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 2.035 km E of Old Harbor, Alaska · 718 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  43. 2.530 km W of Port Lions, Alaska · 718 days ago · 58 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  44. 1.88 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 717 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  45. 1.735 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 716 days ago · 59 km deep · 64 km away
  46. 1.522 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 715 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
  47. 1.718 km NNE of Akhiok, Alaska · 715 days ago · 43 km deep · 37 km away
  48. 2.07 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 715 days ago · 31 km deep · 46 km away
  49. 1.630 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 715 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  50. 1.726 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 715 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  51. 3.133 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 713 days ago · 41 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 2.618 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 712 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
  53. 1.633 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 711 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 2.143 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 711 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 1.732 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 711 days ago · 62 km deep · 100 km away
  56. 2.525 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 709 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 1.722 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 707 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 1.619 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 707 days ago · 60 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 1.521 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 765 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.812 km E of Akhiok, Alaska · 765 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.610 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 766 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.728 km SW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 766 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.817 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 766 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 1.937 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 767 days ago · 53 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.729 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 768 days ago · 85 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.212 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 769 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.521 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 770 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 2.431 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 770 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 2.032 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 771 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.030 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 772 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.217 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 775 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 2.829 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 776 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.733 km E of Akhiok, Alaska · 782 days ago · 38 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 2.640 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 782 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.625 km NNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 782 days ago · 52 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 2.026 km WNW of Old Harbor, Alaska · 784 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 2.143 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 785 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.223 km NNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 786 days ago · 56 km deep · 52 km away

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