M2.3 earthquake 204 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 204 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Sun, May 13, 2018, 6:36 PM AKDT (02:36 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 175 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-05-14 02:36:57 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.393° N, 161.004° 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) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.148 · 6 stations |
| 2.6 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preliminary |
| 2.6 | 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 221°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.1175 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.5229 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.7120 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.9110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.9240 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.9264 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3022 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 3018 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.7108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3018 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.0112 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3018 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.5109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3018 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.8203 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000e89x (also filed as ak19636821, aacse01865nfaxi, ak01865nfaxi). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:22 AM UTC.