Alaska earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 40 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 40 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 8:02 AM AKST (17:02 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 41 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2018-01-11 17:02:52 UTC
Depth
79.8 km (49.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.546° N, 163.083° 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.ScaleComputed byNotes
3.6mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.129 · 15 stations
3.6ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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, 7.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
170°
Stations used
100

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.167 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.548 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 87 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 3.8103 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 2.411 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 111 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.2112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.262 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.822 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 108 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 2.048 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 2.4119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 3.594 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 48 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 2.361 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 3.130 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 98 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 4.241 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 85 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 2.494 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.955 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 3.1104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 2.923 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 150 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 2.938 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 3.299 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 2.243 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 56 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 2.178 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 2.294 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 2.591 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 2.165 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 84 km deep · 73 km away
  25. 2.547 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
  26. 3.8107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 2.448 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
  28. 2.278 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 58 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 2.943 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 74 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 2.7113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 3.258 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 3.4102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 2.485 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 2.398 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 2.316 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 143 km deep · 39 km away
  36. 1.940 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 56 km deep · 71 km away
  37. 2.870 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 182 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 3.077 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
  39. 3.0109 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 2.647 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 56 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.559 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 74 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3192 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.921 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 156 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.282 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 2.493 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.496 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.988 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 3.832 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 87 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 4.1134 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.293 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 3.580 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 3.499 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ck0m (also filed as ak18031695, ak018ih1q9l). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:01 AM UTC.