M2.9 earthquake 250 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 250 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Jan 1, 2018, 12:36 AM AKST (09:36 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 268 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-01 09:36:25 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.752° N, 162.049° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 2.9 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preliminary |
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 272°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8225 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.1250 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.4268 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000c1l3 (also filed as ak0181t40v8, ak17964362). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:28 PM UTC.