Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 215 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 215 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Aug 15, 2018, 9:16 AM AKDT (17:16 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 160 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.0 (ml), minor
Local time: Wed, Aug 15, 2018, 9:16 AM AKDT
UTC: 2018-08-15 17:16:08 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 52.947° N, 162.826° 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 4.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 229°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 30

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast235 kmESE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000havn (also filed as ak20246410, aacse018afp7loh, ak018afp7loh). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:30 PM UTC.