Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 71 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 71 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Mar 15, 2018, 6:07 PM AKDT (02:07 UTC), 111 km (69 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 93 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-03-16 02:07:30 UTC
Depth
111.2 km (69.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.678° N, 164.474° 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 12.2 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
171°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.077 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.1119 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.973 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 75 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.093 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.888 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 2.550 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.063 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 108 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 1.8107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.840 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3105 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.336 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 98 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 1.968 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.728 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 2.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 2.469 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 2.145 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 83 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 2.1113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3094 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.820 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 90 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 2.1104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3092 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 2.690 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3088 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 2.184 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 62 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 1.978 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3085 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 1.892 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3084 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 4.293 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 2.3103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3078 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 2.636 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3077 days ago · 77 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 2.5102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3076 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 2.757 km N of Akutan, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 142 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 3.643 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3071 days ago · 77 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 3.462 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 3.089 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  31. 2.860 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
  32. 2.190 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 2.281 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3067 days ago · 79 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 3.5108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3067 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 3.3108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 2.186 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3066 days ago · 52 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 2.090 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 39 km deep · 56 km away
  38. 2.298 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3064 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 2.89 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3063 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 2.131 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away

Before

  1. 2.067 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 60 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.072 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 2.870 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 182 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 3.433 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 85 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.316 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 143 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.885 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3142 days ago · -1 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 2.086 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 2.7113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.864 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 148 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.278 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 58 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.448 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 2.165 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 84 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 2.591 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 30 km deep · 69 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000d8p4 (also filed as ak18699236, ak0183g2jgjs). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:49 PM UTC.