Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 67 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 67 km ESE of Egegik, Alaska on Wed, Jun 27, 2018, 2:25 PM AKDT (22:25 UTC), 148 km (92 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 72 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Wed, Jun 27, 2018, 2:25 PM AKDT
UTC: 2018-06-27 22:25:47 UTC
Depth: 148.0 km (92.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 57.919° N, 156.370° 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
3.0	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
3.0	ML, local (Richter)	AACSE	Preliminary
3.0	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed

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How well it is located

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Stations used: 100

Nearest places

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 66.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01886qwrrl (also filed as ak19805357, us2000fply, aacse01886qwrrl). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:49 AM UTC.