Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 18 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 18 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska on Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 3:11 PM AKDT (23:11 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 36 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 3:11 PM AKDT
UTC: 2018-10-16 23:11:23 UTC
Depth: 9.1 km (5.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 63.479° N, 148.642° 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
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed

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: 122

Nearest places

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 118.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018dac2obz (also filed as ak20285166, us1000hd44). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:59 PM UTC.