Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 22 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 22 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 12:27 PM AKST (21:27 UTC), 108 km (67 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
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2018-01-18 21:27:36 UTC
Depth
107.8 km (67.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.661° N, 163.301° 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
2.8ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.128 · 8 stations
2.6ML, 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 9.1 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
164°
Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.048 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.4119 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 3.594 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 48 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.361 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 3.130 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 98 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 4.241 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 85 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 2.494 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.955 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 3.1104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.923 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 150 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 2.938 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 3.299 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.243 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 2.591 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 30 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.165 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3150 days ago · 84 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.547 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 3.8107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.448 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 2.278 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 58 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.864 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 148 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 2.7113 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 3.258 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 2.086 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 1.885 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 3142 days ago · -1 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 3.4102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 2.485 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 2.398 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 2.316 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 143 km deep · 27 km away
  29. 1.940 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 56 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 2.870 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 182 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 3.077 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 3.0109 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 1.961 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
  34. 2.266 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  35. 2.871 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3121 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away

Before

  1. 2.262 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.2112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.411 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 111 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 3.8103 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.548 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 87 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 3.640 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 80 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 2.647 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 2.559 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 74 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.921 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 156 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.282 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.493 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3199 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.496 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3200 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 1.988 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 3.832 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 87 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 3.293 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 81 km deep · 81 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cnaz (also filed as ak18102229, ak018u4c7nv). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:24 AM UTC.