Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 23 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 23 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska on Thu, Nov 8, 2018, 8:08 AM AKST (17:08 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 54 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-11-08 17:08:00 UTC
Depth
109.9 km (68.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.394° N, 162.752° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.214 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 97 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 2.29 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.920 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 136 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 3.053 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.655 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 159 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 122 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.612 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 116 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.849 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 187 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 1.852 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 3.154 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 118 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 1.744 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away

Before

  1. 1.817 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 109 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.651 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 3.857 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 190 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 3.051 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 204 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 3.659 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 88 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 3.524 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 166 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.82 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 3.03 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 112 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 3.720 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 112 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.762 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2909 days ago · 98 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 2.323 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 99 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 1.513 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 1.914 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018ec9ud4b (also filed as ak20370176, aacse018ec9ud4b). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:34 AM UTC.