Alaska earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 157 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 157 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Dec 9, 2018, 6:51 AM AKST (15:51 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 111 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.6 (mb), minor
Local time: Sun, Dec 9, 2018, 6:51 AM AKST
UTC: 2018-12-09 15:51:30 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.490° N, 162.785° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.15
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 227°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 52

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast177 kmS

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000itjp (also filed as ak20475879, ak018frikjio, aacse018frikjio). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:24 AM UTC.