M2.8 earthquake 60 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

Magnitude

2.8 (ml), micro

Local time

Sat, May 5, 2018, 6:44 PM AKDT

UTC

2018-05-06 02:44:41 UTC

Depth

76.2 km (47.4 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

54.361° N, 163.822° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 8.2 km horizontally, 11.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.15

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

196°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

21

• King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast124 kmSW

After

1. 2.190 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, May 6, 12:29 AM AKDT · 3069 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
2. 2.281 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, May 8, 3:22 PM AKDT · 3067 days ago · 79 km deep · 29 km away
3. 3.5108 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, May 9, 3:53 AM AKDT · 3066 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
4. 3.3108 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, May 9, 6:16 AM AKDT · 3066 days ago · 39 km deep · 58 km away
5. 2.186 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, May 10, 1:05 AM AKDT · 3065 days ago · 52 km deep · 25 km away
6. 2.1116 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, May 10, 12:46 PM AKDT · 3065 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
7. 2.090 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, May 12, 1:00 AM AKDT · 3063 days ago · 39 km deep · 32 km away
8. 2.597 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, May 12, 1:13 AM AKDT · 3063 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
9. 2.298 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSat, May 12, 2:39 AM AKDT · 3063 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
10. 4.2101 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, May 12, 3:42 AM AKDT · 3063 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
11. 2.89 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, May 13, 12:24 AM AKDT · 3062 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
12. 2.2124 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, May 13, 9:51 AM AKDT · 3062 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
13. 1.9110 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, May 13, 8:19 PM AKDT · 3062 days ago · 34 km deep · 73 km away
14. 2.435 km ESE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, May 14, 10:20 AM AKDT · 3061 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
15. 2.131 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, May 14, 4:50 PM AKDT · 3061 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
16. 1.9Unimak Island region, AlaskaMon, May 14, 8:27 PM AKDT · 3061 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
17. 3.85 km NNW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, May 15, 7:02 AM AKDT · 3060 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
18. 2.96 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, May 15, 7:03 AM AKDT · 3060 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
19. 1.74 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, May 15, 9:55 AM AKDT · 3060 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
20. 2.285 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, May 15, 3:51 PM AKDT · 3060 days ago · 39 km deep · 65 km away
21. 1.897 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, May 15, 7:11 PM AKDT · 3060 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
22. 2.399 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, May 16, 3:37 AM AKDT · 3059 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
23. 3.083 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, May 17, 2:30 AM AKDT · 3058 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away
24. 2.156 km E of Akutan, AlaskaFri, May 18, 12:48 AM AKDT · 3057 days ago · 75 km deep · 74 km away
25. 2.469 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, May 18, 2:04 PM AKDT · 3057 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
26. 3.494 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, May 18, 4:41 PM AKDT · 3057 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
27. 2.3119 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, May 18, 6:57 PM AKDT · 3057 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away
28. 1.555 km ENE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, May 19, 10:09 AM AKDT · 3056 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
29. 2.197 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, May 20, 1:27 AM AKDT · 3055 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
30. 2.079 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, May 20, 9:23 AM AKDT · 3055 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
31. 2.587 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, May 20, 4:11 PM AKDT · 3055 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
32. 2.390 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, May 22, 12:06 PM AKDT · 3053 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
33. 2.027 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, May 23, 1:08 AM AKDT · 3052 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
34. 1.872 km E of Akutan, AlaskaWed, May 23, 4:32 AM AKDT · 3052 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
35. 2.1117 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, May 23, 11:37 AM AKDT · 3052 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
36. 1.986 km E of Akutan, AlaskaWed, May 23, 10:28 PM AKDT · 3052 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
37. 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, May 24, 10:04 PM AKDT · 3051 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
38. 1.772 km E of Akutan, AlaskaThu, May 24, 10:23 PM AKDT · 3051 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
39. 3.039 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, May 25, 10:23 AM AKDT · 3050 days ago · 124 km deep · 96 km away
40. 3.4107 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, May 26, 11:58 PM AKDT · 3048 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
41. 3.596 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, May 27, 12:06 AM AKDT · 3048 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
42. 2.336 km SSW of King Cove, AlaskaSun, May 27, 11:33 PM AKDT · 3048 days ago · 78 km deep · 93 km away
43. 2.251 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, May 27, 11:51 PM AKDT · 3048 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
44. 4.3152 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, May 28, 3:25 AM AKDT · 3047 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
45. 2.8151 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, May 29, 5:46 AM AKDT · 3046 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
46. 2.946 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, May 29, 2:08 PM AKDT · 3046 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
47. 2.4148 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, May 29, 11:49 PM AKDT · 3046 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
48. 1.55 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, May 30, 6:46 AM AKDT · 3045 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
49. 3.2107 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, May 31, 3:07 AM AKDT · 3044 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
50. 3.095 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, May 31, 10:59 AM AKDT · 3044 days ago · 38 km deep · 36 km away
51. 2.061 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Jun 1, 1:03 AM AKDT · 3043 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
52. 2.0109 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Jun 3, 5:10 AM AKDT · 3041 days ago · 42 km deep · 65 km away
53. 2.196 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jun 3, 11:04 AM AKDT · 3041 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
54. 2.442 km NNW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Jun 3, 2:33 PM AKDT · 3041 days ago · 141 km deep · 95 km away
55. 4.257 km S of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Jun 3, 9:38 PM AKDT · 3041 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
56. 1.610 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Jun 4, 5:42 AM AKDT · 3040 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
57. 2.0103 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jun 4, 7:21 AM AKDT · 3040 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
58. 3.2147 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Jun 4, 10:21 PM AKDT · 3040 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
59. 2.286 km ENE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Jun 5, 4:12 AM AKDT · 3039 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
60. 1.996 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Jun 5, 7:15 AM AKDT · 3039 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away

The first 60 of 88.

Before

1. 2.5100 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, May 5, 5:46 PM AKDT · 3070 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
2. 3.089 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, May 5, 3:49 PM AKDT · 3070 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
3. 3.462 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, May 5, 12:53 PM AKDT · 3070 days ago · 61 km deep · 30 km away
4. 3.643 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, May 4, 10:35 PM AKDT · 3071 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
5. 3.1142 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, May 3, 9:43 AM AKDT · 3072 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
6. 2.5102 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Apr 30, 2:11 AM AKDT · 3075 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
7. 2.3104 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Apr 29, 1:16 PM AKDT · 3076 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
8. 2.636 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Apr 28, 8:19 AM AKDT · 3077 days ago · 77 km deep · 43 km away
9. 2.3103 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Apr 27, 6:23 AM AKDT · 3078 days ago · 38 km deep · 43 km away
10. 3.491 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Apr 27, 6:05 AM AKDT · 3078 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
11. 4.293 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Apr 25, 2:42 AM AKDT · 3080 days ago · 41 km deep · 39 km away
12. 3.9154 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Apr 24, 6:00 PM AKDT · 3081 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
13. 2.5147 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Apr 24, 5:33 AM AKDT · 3081 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
14. 2.890 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Apr 23, 7:14 AM AKDT · 3082 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
15. 4.3154 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Apr 21, 2:31 PM AKDT · 3084 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
16. 1.892 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Apr 21, 5:51 AM AKDT · 3084 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
17. 1.978 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Apr 20, 11:52 PM AKDT · 3085 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
18. 2.184 km E of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Apr 20, 6:27 AM AKDT · 3085 days ago · 62 km deep · 53 km away
19. 2.690 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Apr 17, 7:06 AM AKDT · 3088 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
20. 2.3102 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Apr 16, 2:16 PM AKDT · 3089 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000e1ic (also filed as ak0185sf643b, ak19329712). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:25 PM UTC.