Alaska earthquakes

M4.6 earthquake 26 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 26 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska on Mon, Jul 2, 2018, 3:56 AM AKDT (11:56 UTC), 117 km (73 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.6 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-07-02 11:56:07 UTC
Depth
116.9 km (72.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.958° N, 163.039° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
136°
Stations used
383

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 3011 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.146 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3010 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 3.265 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 3.339 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 3.669 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 89 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.233 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 115 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 3.02 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 2.05 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 3.492 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.724 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 116 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 2.22 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
  12. 1.65 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 2.426 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 126 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 2.157 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.642 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.114 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 107 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 2.758 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 1.954 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 2974 days ago · 77 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 2.864 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 2.338 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 125 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 2.255 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 117 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 2.24 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 138 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 3.023 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 164 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 1.831 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 2.172 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 2.351 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 78 km deep · 74 km away
  28. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2954 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away

Before

  1. 3.080 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.963 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.978 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3017 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.375 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3017 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.652 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3021 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.036 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3022 days ago · 71 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.412 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3028 days ago · 138 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 1.864 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3030 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.141 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 3030 days ago · 124 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.950 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3031 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 4.333 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3034 days ago · 91 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.24 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3034 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 2.08 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 1.710 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 4.257 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3040 days ago · 74 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.442 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 141 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 1.648 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 3042 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ftxh (also filed as ak0188eu8as0, ak19831023). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:47 PM UTC.