M2.9 earthquake 104 km S of False Pass, Alaska

Magnitude

2.9 (ml), micro

Local time

Tue, Oct 2, 2018, 8:08 PM AKDT

UTC

2018-10-03 04:08:34 UTC

Depth

35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

53.933° N, 163.706° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.13

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

216°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

23

• Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast137 kmE

After

1. 3.2115 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Oct 4, 2:04 AM AKDT · 2918 days ago · 41 km deep · 19 km away
2. 2.028 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Oct 5, 8:51 PM AKDT · 2916 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
3. 2.199 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Oct 6, 7:45 PM AKDT · 2916 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
4. 3.145 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Oct 8, 3:06 PM AKDT · 2914 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
5. 2.7179 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Oct 10, 1:36 AM AKDT · 2912 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
6. 2.0102 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Oct 12, 6:01 PM AKDT · 2910 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
7. 2.151 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Oct 14, 6:29 PM AKDT · 2908 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
8. 3.720 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Oct 15, 8:36 AM AKDT · 2907 days ago · 112 km deep · 93 km away
9. 2.9112 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Oct 16, 10:01 PM AKDT · 2905 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
10. 2.669 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Oct 18, 6:15 PM AKDT · 2904 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
11. 2.162 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Oct 18, 8:04 PM AKDT · 2903 days ago · 48 km deep · 100 km away
12. 3.168 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Oct 18, 9:10 PM AKDT · 2903 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
13. 2.396 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Oct 19, 5:48 AM AKDT · 2903 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
14. 2.2141 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Oct 19, 3:07 PM AKDT · 2903 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
15. 1.792 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Oct 20, 3:05 AM AKDT · 2902 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
16. 1.883 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Oct 20, 5:37 AM AKDT · 2902 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
17. 3.077 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Oct 22, 10:55 PM AKDT · 2899 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
18. 2.076 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Oct 22, 11:09 PM AKDT · 2899 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
19. 3.099 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Oct 22, 11:50 PM AKDT · 2899 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
20. 2.188 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Oct 23, 4:40 PM AKDT · 2899 days ago · 49 km deep · 84 km away
21. 1.991 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Oct 25, 3:23 AM AKDT · 2897 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
22. 4.584 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Oct 28, 5:33 AM AKDT · 2894 days ago · 39 km deep · 21 km away
23. 1.887 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Oct 29, 5:56 PM AKDT · 2893 days ago · 38 km deep · 18 km away
24. 4.5117 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Oct 30, 1:30 AM AKDT · 2892 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
25. 1.8109 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Oct 30, 2:15 AM AKDT · 2892 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
26. 1.9113 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Oct 30, 3:38 AM AKDT · 2892 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
27. 2.1107 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Oct 30, 3:53 AM AKDT · 2892 days ago · 38 km deep · 23 km away
28. 2.4114 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Nov 2, 11:47 PM AKDT · 2888 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
29. 2.2103 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Nov 4, 1:01 PM AKST · 2887 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
30. 1.977 km S of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Nov 5, 12:36 AM AKST · 2886 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
31. 2.589 km SW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Nov 8, 12:09 PM AKST · 2883 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
32. 2.194 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Nov 9, 4:23 AM AKST · 2882 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
33. 2.642 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Nov 10, 5:31 AM AKST · 2881 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
34. 2.172 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Nov 13, 1:55 AM AKST · 2878 days ago · 61 km deep · 74 km away
35. 2.3114 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaTue, Nov 13, 11:27 PM AKST · 2877 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
36. 2.4115 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Nov 14, 2:39 AM AKST · 2877 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
37. 2.2112 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Nov 14, 4:46 AM AKST · 2877 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
38. 3.4114 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Nov 14, 9:58 AM AKST · 2877 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
39. 2.396 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Nov 15, 1:48 AM AKST · 2876 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
40. 2.092 km E of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Nov 15, 3:50 AM AKST · 2876 days ago · 73 km deep · 52 km away
41. 2.3112 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Nov 15, 5:15 PM AKST · 2876 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
42. 2.2134 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Nov 16, 1:59 PM AKST · 2875 days ago · 32 km deep · 100 km away
43. 2.2107 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Nov 17, 4:06 AM AKST · 2874 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
44. 2.3139 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Nov 17, 2:49 PM AKST · 2874 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
45. 2.5105 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Nov 17, 4:46 PM AKST · 2874 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
46. 2.479 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Nov 18, 9:22 AM AKST · 2873 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
47. 3.380 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Nov 19, 1:15 AM AKST · 2872 days ago · 70 km deep · 39 km away
48. 3.9157 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Nov 19, 4:55 AM AKST · 2872 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
49. 2.186 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Nov 19, 6:46 PM AKST · 2872 days ago · 59 km deep · 58 km away
50. 2.467 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Nov 21, 3:57 PM AKST · 2870 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
51. 2.035 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Nov 22, 4:26 AM AKST · 2869 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
52. 2.287 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Nov 22, 10:22 AM AKST · 2869 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
53. 2.197 km E of Akutan, AlaskaSat, Nov 24, 9:42 AM AKST · 2867 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
54. 2.2108 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Nov 25, 1:19 AM AKST · 2866 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
55. 2.497 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Nov 25, 5:40 AM AKST · 2866 days ago · 46 km deep · 7 km away
56. 2.4106 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Nov 25, 6:58 AM AKST · 2866 days ago · 42 km deep · 38 km away
57. 2.9143 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Nov 25, 6:28 PM AKST · 2866 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
58. 2.261 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Nov 28, 3:07 AM AKST · 2863 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away

Before

1. 2.185 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Oct 2, 6:45 AM AKDT · 2920 days ago · 43 km deep · 19 km away
2. 2.231 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Oct 1, 4:32 AM AKDT · 2921 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
3. 2.3Unimak Island region, AlaskaSun, Sep 30, 10:42 AM AKDT · 2922 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
4. 3.045 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Sep 30, 10:16 AM AKDT · 2922 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
5. 2.6156 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Sep 28, 9:44 PM AKDT · 2923 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
6. 3.1111 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaFri, Sep 28, 8:12 AM AKDT · 2924 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
7. 2.268 km WSW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Sep 28, 7:04 AM AKDT · 2924 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
8. 3.0119 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Sep 27, 9:09 AM AKDT · 2925 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
9. 2.273 km E of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Sep 27, 7:27 AM AKDT · 2925 days ago · 71 km deep · 71 km away
10. 2.644 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaWed, Sep 26, 5:55 AM AKDT · 2926 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
11. 3.636 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Sep 25, 3:27 PM AKDT · 2927 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
12. 1.6104 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Sep 25, 2:22 AM AKDT · 2927 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away
13. 2.881 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Sep 24, 7:48 PM AKDT · 2928 days ago · 57 km deep · 57 km away
14. 1.874 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaMon, Sep 24, 7:19 AM AKDT · 2928 days ago · 55 km deep · 76 km away
15. 1.9101 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 24, 6:15 AM AKDT · 2928 days ago · 54 km deep · 27 km away
16. 2.763 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Sep 23, 8:14 PM AKDT · 2928 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
17. 2.3104 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Sep 23, 4:06 PM AKDT · 2929 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
18. 1.989 km ESE of Akutan, AlaskaSun, Sep 23, 7:22 AM AKDT · 2929 days ago · 47 km deep · 61 km away
19. 2.2123 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Sep 20, 8:25 PM AKDT · 2931 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
20. 1.665 km SE of Akutan, AlaskaThu, Sep 20, 3:34 PM AKDT · 2932 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000haei (also filed as ak20276350, ak018coirb03). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:28 PM UTC.