Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 17 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 17 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska on Mon, Nov 5, 2018, 8:13 AM AKST (17:13 UTC), 109 km (68 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 53 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-11-05 17:13:20 UTC
Depth
108.9 km (67.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.268° N, 162.948° 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.ScaleComputed byNotes
1.8ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
1.8ML, local (Richter)AACSEPreliminary

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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.223 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 110 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.642 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.035 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.214 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 97 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 2.29 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.920 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 136 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 2.136 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 3.053 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.655 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 159 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.338 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 73 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 122 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 2.612 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 116 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 2.849 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 187 km deep · 45 km away

Before

  1. 2.651 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 3.857 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 190 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 3.051 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 204 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 3.659 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 88 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.82 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 3.03 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 112 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 3.720 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 112 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.762 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2910 days ago · 98 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.323 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 99 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 1.513 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 1.914 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 3.145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018e7b9frg (also filed as ak20359406, aacse018e7b9frg). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:28 AM UTC.