M1.6 earthquake 5 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

Magnitude

1.6 (ml), micro

Local time

Tue, Jul 24, 2018, 3:10 PM AKDT

UTC

2018-07-24 23:10:06 UTC

Depth

2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

54.807° N, 163.373° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.3 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.10

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

275°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

6

• King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast73 kmWSW

After

1. 2.426 km SSW of Cold Bay, AlaskaWed, Jul 25, 8:40 AM AKDT · 2989 days ago · 126 km deep · 38 km away
2. 3.091 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jul 25, 8:09 PM AKDT · 2989 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
3. 2.192 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Jul 26, 12:49 PM AKDT · 2988 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
4. 2.642 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Aug 6, 8:20 PM AKDT · 2977 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away
5. 2.114 km SSW of Cold Bay, AlaskaTue, Aug 7, 4:46 AM AKDT · 2976 days ago · 107 km deep · 47 km away
6. 2.758 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Aug 7, 5:27 PM AKDT · 2976 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
7. 1.954 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Aug 8, 3:32 AM AKDT · 2975 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
8. 2.9Alaska PeninsulaThu, Aug 9, 12:40 AM AKDT · 2974 days ago · 77 km deep · 43 km away
9. 2.24 km N of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Aug 15, 12:25 PM AKDT · 2968 days ago · 138 km deep · 75 km away
10. 3.023 km N of Cold Bay, AlaskaFri, Aug 17, 2:16 PM AKDT · 2966 days ago · 164 km deep · 78 km away
11. 1.831 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Aug 20, 7:57 AM AKDT · 2963 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
12. 2.099 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Aug 21, 8:36 AM AKDT · 2962 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
13. 2.172 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Aug 23, 3:11 AM AKDT · 2960 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
14. 2.351 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Aug 23, 5:30 PM AKDT · 2960 days ago · 78 km deep · 48 km away
15. 1.9Alaska PeninsulaWed, Aug 29, 5:50 AM AKDT · 2954 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away
16. 2.233 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Sep 1, 5:38 PM AKDT · 2951 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
17. 1.833 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Sep 2, 3:56 AM AKDT · 2950 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
18. 1.533 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Sep 2, 5:57 AM AKDT · 2950 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
19. 1.633 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Sep 2, 6:22 AM AKDT · 2950 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
20. 2.035 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 3, 3:12 AM AKDT · 2949 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
21. 1.943 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Sep 3, 7:48 AM AKDT · 2949 days ago · 55 km deep · 93 km away
22. 2.334 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Sep 4, 3:51 AM AKDT · 2948 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
23. 2.196 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Sep 4, 11:59 AM AKDT · 2948 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
24. 1.628 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Sep 4, 12:32 PM AKDT · 2948 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
25. 1.754 km S of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Sep 8, 5:24 PM AKDT · 2944 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
26. 2.052 km S of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Sep 8, 9:33 PM AKDT · 2944 days ago · 49 km deep · 70 km away
27. 1.743 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Sep 9, 2:39 AM AKDT · 2943 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
28. 2.733 km SSW of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Sep 9, 7:29 AM AKDT · 2943 days ago · 78 km deep · 56 km away
29. 1.680 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Sep 9, 9:30 AM AKDT · 2943 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
30. 1.920 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Sep 9, 7:24 PM AKDT · 2943 days ago · 115 km deep · 15 km away
31. 2.184 km S of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Sep 9, 10:34 PM AKDT · 2943 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
32. 1.699 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Sep 11, 4:41 AM AKDT · 2941 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
33. 2.174 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Sep 11, 3:14 PM AKDT · 2941 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
34. 2.132 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Sep 12, 1:19 PM AKDT · 2940 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
35. 1.931 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Sep 12, 4:57 PM AKDT · 2940 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
36. 1.851 km S of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Sep 14, 5:09 AM AKDT · 2938 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
37. 2.812 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Sep 15, 4:09 AM AKDT · 2937 days ago · 94 km deep · 7 km away
38. 2.292 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 17, 4:40 AM AKDT · 2935 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
39. 1.9Unimak Island region, AlaskaMon, Sep 17, 4:52 AM AKDT · 2935 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
40. 2.6104 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 17, 10:42 AM AKDT · 2935 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
41. 2.484 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 17, 10:52 AM AKDT · 2935 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
42. 2.290 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 17, 12:19 PM AKDT · 2935 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
43. 2.182 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Sep 20, 2:00 AM AKDT · 2932 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away

Before

1. 2.22 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jul 24, 3:08 PM AKDT · 2990 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
2. 1.987 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jul 24, 1:58 PM AKDT · 2990 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
3. 2.192 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jul 24, 12:39 PM AKDT · 2990 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
4. 2.724 km ENE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jul 21, 6:53 PM AKDT · 2993 days ago · 116 km deep · 25 km away
5. 2.392 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jul 17, 12:59 AM AKDT · 2997 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
6. 2.05 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jul 16, 4:12 AM AKDT · 2998 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
7. 3.02 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jul 16, 3:33 AM AKDT · 2998 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
8. 2.233 km NE of Cold Bay, AlaskaSat, Jul 14, 11:36 PM AKDT · 2999 days ago · 115 km deep · 92 km away
9. 2.8104 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jul 10, 10:48 AM AKDT · 3004 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
10. 3.669 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jul 10, 6:36 AM AKDT · 3004 days ago · 89 km deep · 68 km away
11. 3.265 km S of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Jul 5, 9:42 AM AKDT · 3009 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
12. 2.146 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jul 4, 3:15 PM AKDT · 3010 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
13. 4.626 km ENE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jul 2, 3:56 AM AKDT · 3012 days ago · 117 km deep · 27 km away
14. 3.080 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jun 30, 4:51 PM AKDT · 3014 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
15. 1.892 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Jun 30, 9:34 AM AKDT · 3014 days ago · 39 km deep · 89 km away
16. 2.978 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Jun 27, 9:07 AM AKDT · 3017 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
17. 2.375 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Jun 26, 11:33 PM AKDT · 3017 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av70796779. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:26 PM UTC.