Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 258 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 258 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 5:17 PM AKST (02:17 UTC), 7 km (4 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
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2018-12-29 02:17:22 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.642° N, 162.198° 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
32

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 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.8237 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.9269 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.9223 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 3.0170 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.9209 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 3.2221 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 3.8231 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 3.2260 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 3.5235 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 3.2167 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.9242 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.6229 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.9198 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 3.5168 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.8218 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 3.2163 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 2.6264 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 3.3231 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.9298 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 3.4south of Alaska · 2856 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018goddjca (also filed as aacse018goddjca). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:41 AM UTC.