Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 264 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 264 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 1:08 PM AKST (22:08 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 231 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-12-23 22:08:23 UTC
Depth
11.4 km (7.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.532° N, 162.571° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.0258 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 2.8237 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 2.9269 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 2.9223 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 3.0170 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.9209 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 3.2221 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 3.8231 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 3.2260 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 40 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 3.5235 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 3.2167 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.9198 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 54 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 3.5168 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.8218 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.6180 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 3.0212 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away

Before

  1. 3.3231 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.9298 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 3.4south of Alaska · 2856 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018ges075z (also filed as aacse018ges075z). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:34 AM UTC.