Alaska earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 20 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 20 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Oct 15, 2018, 8:36 AM AKDT (16:36 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
3.7 (mb), minor
Local time
UTC
2018-10-15 16:36:07 UTC
Depth
112.0 km (69.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.717° N, 163.193° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 2.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
162°
Stations used
78

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.03 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 112 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 2.396 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.82 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 3.099 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 3.659 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 88 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 4.584 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.887 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 3.857 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 190 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.2103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.651 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 61 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 1.977 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 1.817 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 109 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.223 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 110 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.589 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.194 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.642 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 2.396 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.092 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.059 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.3112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.5105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 2.074 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 2.479 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 3.380 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 2.035 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  26. 2.214 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 97 km deep · 47 km away
  27. 2.497 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 2.2104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 2.486 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 2.29 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  31. 2.920 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 136 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 2.136 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
  33. 2.869 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 89 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 2.593 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 2.151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 60 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2909 days ago · 98 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 2.323 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 99 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.513 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.914 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 3.145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 2.199 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.028 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 2.9104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.185 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.231 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2921 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 2.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 3.045 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 2.268 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 3.0119 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 3.636 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 1.6104 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 1.9101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.763 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 95 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 2.3104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hekp (also filed as ak018d8kim8z, ak20283896). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:52 AM UTC.