Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 129 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 129 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska on Sun, Jan 7, 2018, 3:05 AM AKST (12:05 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 40 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-01-07 12:05:01 UTC
Depth
45.1 km (28.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
58.566° N, 150.156° 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.

Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.896 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 3.240 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.537 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.933 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.582 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.659 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 61 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.694 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 52 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.069 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 2.286 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 2.363 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.4109 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 3167 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.280 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 45 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 1.799 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.580 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 3.289 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 1.699 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 1.5107 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 1.884 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 51 km deep · 46 km away

Before

  1. 1.678 km ENE of Kodiak, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 1.873 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.860 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 30 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.853 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.295 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3197 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 1.6109 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 48 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.571 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.670 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.467 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 1.965 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 3.262 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 47 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.069 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 34 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.770 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 2.195 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3216 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.355 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.161 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.383 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 1.972 km ENE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.873 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018brxpds (also filed as ak17980587). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:14 AM UTC.