M1.9 earthquake Central Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Sun, Apr 1, 2018, 4:51 PM AKDT (00:51 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 39 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-04-02 00:51:30 UTC
- Depth
- 3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 62.947° N, 144.048° 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.
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.133 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.049 km E of Paxson, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.636 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.921 km SSW of Tanacross, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.739 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.430 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.031 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018485qxad (also filed as ak18891937). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:50 AM UTC.