Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 67 km WSW of Delta Junction, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 67 km WSW of Delta Junction, Alaska on Tue, Sep 4, 2018, 8:57 PM AKDT (04:57 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 18 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-09-05 04:57:39 UTC
Depth
2.6 km (1.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.757° N, 146.941° 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
68

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.575 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 1.96 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 109 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.629 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.59 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.582 km WNW of Paxson, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 2.010 km N of Healy, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 126 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 2.055 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 1.652 km WSW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 1.582 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 1.824 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.171 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.871 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 1.683 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 2.068 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 1.7Central Alaska · 2920 days ago · 71 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 1.527 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.148 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 83 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.158 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 73 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.975 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 2.818 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2910 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 1.944 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 103 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 2.014 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 113 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 2.653 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 1.867 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
  25. 1.619 km SE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 1.584 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 1.766 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 2.758 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.349 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.580 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 1.935 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.439 km E of Anderson, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.453 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 77 km deep · 57 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018be803rs (also filed as ak20242002). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:19 PM UTC.