Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 168 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 168 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Mar 9, 2018, 11:52 AM AKST (20:52 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 167 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Fri, Mar 9, 2018, 11:52 AM AKST
UTC: 2018-03-09 20:52:42 UTC
Depth: 27.6 km (17.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.340° N, 163.384° 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

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 5.7 km horizontally, 25.0 km in depth
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 247°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 24

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast180 kmESE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 99 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 99.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000d4du (also filed as ak01834sri81, ak18696175). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:48 PM UTC.