M2.8 earthquake 223 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 223 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Sep 14, 2018, 4:40 AM AKDT (12:40 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 195 km S of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-14 12:40:22 UTC
- Depth
- 2.3 km (1.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.859° N, 163.040° 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
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.2153 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.5166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.5209 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2923 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.7179 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.8221 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.0195 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.2141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 3.8183 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.1183 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.5198 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.4149 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.9160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.7158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.8139 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.6140 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.0215 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018bt8i0km. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:52 PM UTC.