Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 106 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 106 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Dec 20, 2018, 10:13 PM AKST (07:13 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 87 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.5 (ml), micro
Local time: Thu, Dec 20, 2018, 10:13 PM AKST
UTC: 2018-12-21 07:13:14 UTC
Depth: 25.4 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.015° N, 162.623° 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: 19

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast118 kmS

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 100.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018gb81201 (also filed as aacse018gb81201). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:35 AM UTC.