Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 3 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 3 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Oct 18, 2018, 10:23 AM AKDT (18:23 UTC), 112 km (70 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 84 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.0 (ml), minor
Local time: Thu, Oct 18, 2018, 10:23 AM AKDT
UTC: 2018-10-18 18:23:51 UTC
Depth: 112.4 km (69.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.824° N, 163.411° 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 8.4 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 152°
Stations used: 29

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast75 kmWSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000he2v (also filed as ak20286779, ak018ddk8u0v). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:13 AM UTC.