Alaska earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 62 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 62 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, May 5, 2018, 12:53 PM AKDT (20:53 UTC), 61 km (38 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: 3.4 (mb), minor
Local time: Sat, May 5, 2018, 12:53 PM AKDT
UTC: 2018-05-05 20:53:26 UTC
Depth: 61.4 km (38.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.292° N, 163.367° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 11.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.15
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 173°
Stations used: 82

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast109 kmSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 103.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000e082 (also filed as ak19326331, ak0185r2egu0). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:26 PM UTC.