Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Sat, Oct 13, 2018, 9:19 AM AKDT (17:19 UTC), 98 km (61 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 57 km N of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.2 (ml), micro
Local time: Sat, Oct 13, 2018, 9:19 AM AKDT
UTC: 2018-10-13 17:19:59 UTC
Depth: 98.3 km (61.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.906° N, 162.596° 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

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Stations used: 19

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast25 kmSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018d59xtql (also filed as ak20280366, aacse018d59xtql). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:34 AM UTC.