M2.6 earthquake 140 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska

Magnitude

2.6 (ml), micro

Local time

Sun, Aug 19, 2018, 11:57 PM AKDT

UTC

2018-08-20 07:57:18 UTC

Depth

35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

53.519° N, 163.914° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 3.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

204°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

27

• Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast140 kmESE

After

1. 1.8139 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Aug 20, 1:41 AM AKDT · 2963 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
2. 1.972 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Aug 20, 2:02 PM AKDT · 2963 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
3. 2.099 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Aug 21, 8:36 AM AKDT · 2962 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
4. 2.7158 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Aug 21, 9:30 AM AKDT · 2962 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
5. 2.156 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Aug 21, 7:55 PM AKDT · 2962 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away
6. 2.172 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Aug 23, 3:11 AM AKDT · 2960 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
7. 2.3112 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Aug 23, 8:39 PM AKDT · 2960 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
8. 2.088 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Aug 23, 10:44 PM AKDT · 2959 days ago · 38 km deep · 67 km away
9. 1.953 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Aug 24, 12:35 AM AKDT · 2959 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
10. 1.998 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Aug 24, 4:59 AM AKDT · 2959 days ago · 50 km deep · 75 km away
11. 3.9160 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Aug 24, 4:04 PM AKDT · 2959 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
12. 1.753 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Aug 26, 3:59 AM AKDT · 2957 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
13. 2.4149 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Aug 28, 7:16 AM AKDT · 2955 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
14. 2.4114 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Aug 30, 5:00 AM AKDT · 2953 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
15. 1.565 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Sep 1, 7:29 PM AKDT · 2951 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
16. 1.8118 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Sep 2, 12:06 AM AKDT · 2950 days ago · 51 km deep · 37 km away
17. 2.1152 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Sep 2, 3:03 AM AKDT · 2950 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
18. 2.5198 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Sep 2, 4:59 AM AKDT · 2950 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
19. 1.572 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Sep 3, 4:48 AM AKDT · 2949 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
20. 2.196 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Sep 4, 11:59 AM AKDT · 2948 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
21. 3.8183 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Sep 7, 5:02 PM AKDT · 2945 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
22. 1.758 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Sep 7, 6:05 PM AKDT · 2945 days ago · 49 km deep · 86 km away
23. 1.680 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Sep 9, 9:30 AM AKDT · 2943 days ago · 49 km deep · 75 km away
24. 2.1105 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Sep 9, 1:20 PM AKDT · 2943 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
25. 2.045 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Sep 9, 2:58 PM AKDT · 2943 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away
26. 1.576 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Sep 10, 7:48 AM AKDT · 2942 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
27. 1.7122 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 10, 9:54 AM AKDT · 2942 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
28. 2.1123 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Sep 10, 10:01 AM AKDT · 2942 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
29. 2.7113 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Sep 10, 8:35 PM AKDT · 2942 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
30. 1.699 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Sep 11, 4:41 AM AKDT · 2941 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
31. 2.174 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Sep 11, 3:14 PM AKDT · 2941 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
32. 2.090 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Sep 12, 6:58 PM AKDT · 2940 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
33. 2.8223 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Sep 14, 4:40 AM AKDT · 2938 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
34. 2.0100 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Sep 15, 6:09 PM AKDT · 2937 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
35. 2.180 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Sep 15, 9:37 PM AKDT · 2937 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
36. 2.2123 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Sep 16, 7:20 AM AKDT · 2936 days ago · 40 km deep · 27 km away
37. 2.2153 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Sep 16, 9:25 AM AKDT · 2936 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
38. 2.8107 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 17, 3:48 AM AKDT · 2935 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
39. 2.292 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 17, 4:40 AM AKDT · 2935 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
40. 1.9Unimak Island region, AlaskaMon, Sep 17, 4:52 AM AKDT · 2935 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
41. 1.984 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Sep 17, 5:35 AM AKDT · 2935 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
42. 2.6104 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 17, 10:42 AM AKDT · 2935 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
43. 2.484 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 17, 10:52 AM AKDT · 2935 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away
44. 2.290 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 17, 12:19 PM AKDT · 2935 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
45. 2.4108 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 17, 3:32 PM AKDT · 2935 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
46. 2.1121 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 17, 10:27 PM AKDT · 2934 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
47. 2.5166 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Sep 19, 7:19 AM AKDT · 2933 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
48. 1.873 km E of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Sep 19, 6:36 PM AKDT · 2933 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
49. 2.182 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Sep 20, 2:00 AM AKDT · 2932 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
50. 1.665 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Sep 20, 3:34 PM AKDT · 2932 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
51. 2.2123 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Sep 20, 8:25 PM AKDT · 2932 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
52. 2.5209 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Sep 22, 9:57 AM AKDT · 2930 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
53. 1.989 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Sep 23, 7:22 AM AKDT · 2929 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away
54. 2.3104 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Sep 23, 4:06 PM AKDT · 2929 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
55. 1.9101 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 24, 6:15 AM AKDT · 2928 days ago · 54 km deep · 58 km away
56. 1.874 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Sep 24, 7:19 AM AKDT · 2928 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away
57. 1.680 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Sep 24, 9:58 AM AKDT · 2928 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
58. 2.881 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Sep 24, 7:48 PM AKDT · 2928 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
59. 1.6104 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Sep 25, 2:22 AM AKDT · 2927 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away
60. 2.644 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Sep 26, 5:55 AM AKDT · 2926 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 85.

Before

1. 2.171 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Aug 19, 4:27 PM AKDT · 2964 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
2. 2.965 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Aug 19, 11:33 AM AKDT · 2964 days ago · 58 km deep · 75 km away
3. 3.0215 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Aug 15, 9:16 AM AKDT · 2968 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
4. 3.2153 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Aug 13, 8:03 PM AKDT · 2970 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
5. 2.9202 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Aug 10, 8:46 PM AKDT · 2973 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
6. 2.366 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Aug 9, 10:06 AM AKDT · 2974 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
7. 2.758 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Aug 7, 5:27 PM AKDT · 2976 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
8. 2.259 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Aug 7, 5:59 AM AKDT · 2976 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
9. 2.053 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Aug 6, 8:22 PM AKDT · 2977 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
10. 2.1139 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Aug 6, 9:23 AM AKDT · 2977 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
11. 2.8140 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Aug 5, 12:58 AM AKDT · 2978 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
12. 3.8139 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Aug 4, 6:07 PM AKDT · 2979 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
13. 2.4118 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Aug 3, 7:26 AM AKDT · 2980 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
14. 3.0215 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Aug 1, 5:05 AM AKDT · 2982 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
15. 1.997 km SSE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Jul 31, 6:57 PM AKDT · 2983 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
16. 3.299 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Jul 31, 6:40 AM AKDT · 2983 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
17. 2.1108 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Jul 28, 1:14 AM AKDT · 2986 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
18. 2.6162 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Jul 27, 5:25 PM AKDT · 2987 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
19. 2.385 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Jul 27, 1:09 PM AKDT · 2987 days ago · 57 km deep · 55 km away
20. 2.4158 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Jul 26, 7:23 PM AKDT · 2988 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000h55f (also filed as ak018ant6szk, ak20121301). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:31 PM UTC.