M2.8 earthquake 64 km NW of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 64 km NW of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 11:48 AM AKST (20:48 UTC), 148 km (92 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 15 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-02-20 20:48:22 UTC
- Depth
- 147.6 km (91.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 55.301° N, 164.042° 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
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.086 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.885 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3143 days ago · -1 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.316 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 143 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.870 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 182 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.871 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.915 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 118 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.336 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 98 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.728 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3099 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.469 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3096 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.820 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 90 km deep · 77 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0182colpf8 (also filed as ak18472093). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:51 PM UTC.