Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 83 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 83 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Fri, Dec 7, 2018, 10:36 AM AKST (19:36 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 87 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Fri, Dec 7, 2018, 10:36 AM AKST
UTC: 2018-12-07 19:36:31 UTC
Depth: 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.461° N, 161.546° W
Region: Alaska
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
2.3	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
2.3	ML, local (Richter)	AACSE	Preliminary

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: 14

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast83 kmSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 86.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018fo9sd2a (also filed as ak20630976, aacse018fo9sd2a). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:42 PM UTC.