Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 117 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 117 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Mar 31, 2018, 4:06 AM AKDT (12:06 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.4 (ml), micro
Local time: Sat, Mar 31, 2018, 4:06 AM AKDT
UTC: 2018-03-31 12:06:48 UTC
Depth: 3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.806° N, 163.143° 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: 13

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast149 kmSSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 161.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018451jtqa (also filed as ak19173629). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:19 PM UTC.