Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 48 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 48 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Jan 13, 2018, 5:22 PM AKST (02:22 UTC), 87 km (54 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
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2018-01-14 02:22:34 UTC
Depth
86.6 km (53.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.422° N, 163.299° 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
2.5ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed
2.5ML, 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 8.0 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
195°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
18

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 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.8103 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 2.2112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.262 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.822 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 108 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 2.048 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.183 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.4119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 3.594 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 48 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.361 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 3.130 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 98 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 4.241 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 85 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 2.494 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 2.955 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 3.1104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.923 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 150 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.938 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 3.299 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 2.243 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.4115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 54 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.591 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 2.165 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 84 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 2.4144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3148 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 2.547 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 76 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 3.8107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 36 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 2.448 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 2.278 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 58 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 2.7113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
  28. 2.086 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 1.885 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3142 days ago · -1 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 3.4102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
  31. 2.485 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 2.5139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 2.398 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 2.316 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 143 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 1.940 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 56 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 2.870 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 182 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 3.077 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
  38. 3.0109 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 1.961 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away

Before

  1. 3.640 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 80 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 2.647 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 2.559 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 74 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 3.8146 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.974 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.282 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.3109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.3118 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.493 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.496 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.2102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.988 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 41 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.5142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3202 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 4.1145 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 3.832 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 87 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 4.1134 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.293 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 81 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.4100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 67 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 3.499 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ckct (also filed as ak18083642, ak018n6uimj). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:18 AM UTC.