Alaska earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 108 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 108 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Jun 26, 2018, 1:09 AM AKDT (09:09 UTC), 41 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 101 km S of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.7 (mb), minor
Local time: Tue, Jun 26, 2018, 1:09 AM AKDT
UTC: 2018-06-26 09:09:15 UTC
Depth: 41.0 km (25.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.894° N, 163.685° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.07
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 156°
Stations used: 193

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast139 kmE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 68.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000f20z (also filed as ak19802017, ak01884vjaex). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:29 PM UTC.