Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 115 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 115 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska on Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 2:28 PM AKDT (22:28 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 123 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-08-27 22:28:12 UTC
Depth
27.1 km (16.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.021° N, 153.311° 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
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.2132 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 36 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 2.4137 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 44 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 2.4131 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 37 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 2.0147 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.1155 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.2118 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 3.0123 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 2.3129 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 2.7123 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 2.3138 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 2.2131 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 34 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 1.8112 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 1.775 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 1.661 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.3106 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 2.5187 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.1116 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 2.3121 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.8108 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 2.656 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 2.2122 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 3.189 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away

Before

  1. 2.247 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.992 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.670 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 2.6182 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.9190 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.1south of Alaska · 2959 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 3.9185 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.9190 km S of Akhiok, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.8Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.724 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.2119 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018azmpids (also filed as ak20236790, us1000gic2, aacse018azmpids). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC.