M3.5 earthquake 254 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 254 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, May 13, 2018, 10:36 PM AKDT (06:36 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-05-14 06:36:39 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.714° N, 162.071° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.124 · 16 stations |
| 3.3 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preliminary |
| 3.3 | ML, local (Richter) | AACSE | Preliminary |
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 7.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 179°
- Stations used
- 132
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.5229 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.9264 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3022 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.8231 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3018 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.3204 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.8203 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000e8a4 (also filed as ak19509791, ak01865pswzl, aacse01865pswzl). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:18 AM UTC.