M2.9 earthquake 78 km S of False Pass, Alaska
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 78 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Jun 27, 2018, 9:07 AM AKDT (17:07 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 26 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-06-27 17:07:38 UTC
- Depth
- 23.1 km (14.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.160° N, 163.185° 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 3.0 km horizontally, 13.5 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 183°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.3161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3016 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9112 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.892 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.080 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3012 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.626 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 3012 days ago · 117 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.4158 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3012 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.591 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3011 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.146 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3010 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.265 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3007 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.669 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 89 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.8104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 36 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.974 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3003 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.7107 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3002 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1136 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.883 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.3121 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.2103 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 54 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.02 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.05 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.392 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.7140 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.9109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2996 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.492 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.2104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.724 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 2993 days ago · 116 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 2991 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.695 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.192 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.987 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 27 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.22 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.65 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.426 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 126 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.077 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 63 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.091 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.192 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.692 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.4158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.6162 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1108 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.299 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.899 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.4118 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.642 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.758 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.954 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 2974 days ago · 77 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.2153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.6140 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.8139 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.831 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.099 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.7158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.172 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.351 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 78 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.3112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
The first 60 of 61.
Before
- 3.9101 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3017 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.375 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3017 days ago · 40 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.7108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3018 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.4164 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3018 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.2102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3019 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3021 days ago · 32 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.036 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3022 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.9115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3022 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.7149 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3024 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.293 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3025 days ago · 53 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.389 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 3029 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3030 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.141 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 3030 days ago · 124 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.684 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3030 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.950 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3031 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.5102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3033 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.333 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3034 days ago · 91 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.4109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3034 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.24 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3035 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 3035 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000fu1q (also filed as ak19804610, ak01886ntq6r). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:30 PM UTC.