Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 99 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 99 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Apr 14, 2018, 2:23 PM AKDT (22:23 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.9 (ml), micro
Local time: Sat, Apr 14, 2018, 2:23 PM AKDT
UTC: 2018-04-14 22:23:06 UTC
Depth: 25.2 km (15.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.965° N, 163.247° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 11.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 201°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 32

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast136 kmSSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 172 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 172.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000dnqx (also filed as ak0184sd4kpj, ak19235986). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:33 PM UTC.