Alaska earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska on Mon, May 28, 2018, 3:25 AM AKDT (11:25 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Mon, May 28, 2018, 3:25 AM AKDT
UTC: 2018-05-28 11:25:08 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.482° N, 163.744° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
4.3	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.06 · 80 stations
4.8	Mw, moment	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 4.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.06
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 163°
Stations used: 220

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast152 kmESE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 90 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 106.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000edc8 (also filed as ak0186sy8iek, ak19678049). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:42 AM UTC.