Alaska earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 6 km NNW of Houston, Alaska

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 6 km NNW of Houston, Alaska on Tue, Feb 6, 2018, 3:18 PM AKST (00:18 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 61 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.5 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Tue, Feb 6, 2018, 3:18 PM AKST
UTC: 2018-02-07 00:18:40 UTC
Depth: 28.7 km (17.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 61.687° N, 149.843° W
Region: Alaska
Felt reports: 3
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
3.5	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
3.5	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used: 168

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 139 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 199.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0181quj4su (also filed as ak18383983, us1000chw0). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:22 PM UTC.