Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 68 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 68 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Apr 5, 2018, 2:24 PM AKDT (22:24 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: 1.9 (ml), micro
Local time: Thu, Apr 5, 2018, 2:24 PM AKDT
UTC: 2018-04-05 22:24:24 UTC
Depth: 3.2 km (2.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.239° N, 163.417° 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: 11

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast116 kmSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 152 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 152.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0184dhapa7 (also filed as ak19173889). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:54 PM UTC.