Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 96 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 96 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska on Wed, May 23, 2018, 2:22 PM AKDT (22:22 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Wed, May 23, 2018, 2:22 PM AKDT
UTC: 2018-05-23 22:22:20 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.385° N, 165.033° 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.

Location uncertainty: About 5.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.15
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 234°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 23

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast97 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 151 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 151.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000edm0 (also filed as ak19652287, ak0186kv2xab). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:16 PM UTC.