Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 21 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 21 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska on Sun, Jul 22, 2018, 4:35 PM AKDT (00:35 UTC), 118 km (74 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Jul 22, 2018, 4:35 PM AKDT
UTC: 2018-07-23 00:35:48 UTC
Depth: 118.3 km (73.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 53.967° N, 165.620° 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 13.4 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.13
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 170°
Stations used: 27

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast21 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 83 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 83.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000gf9k (also filed as ak0189dduemy, ak19974177). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:45 PM UTC.