Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 120 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 120 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Sun, May 27, 2018, 10:18 PM AKDT (06:18 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 101 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2018-05-28 06:18:57 UTC
Depth
27.8 km (17.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.261° N, 161.063° 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.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.7ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.128 · 8 stations
2.5ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary
2.5ML, local (Richter)AACSEPreliminary

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 4.0 km horizontally, 11.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
202°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
43

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 91 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3048 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 1.674 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 2.058 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3047 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 1.655 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.1100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3046 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.884 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 1.976 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3045 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 4.257 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3043 days ago · 74 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.091 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3042 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 2.993 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.853 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.569 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.2133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3040 days ago · 43 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 2.893 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.972 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.874 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3039 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3039 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 2.089 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3037 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 3036 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  22. 1.950 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3033 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 1.864 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3032 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 2.989 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3032 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  25. 2.198 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3029 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  26. 2.036 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3024 days ago · 71 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 1.652 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3023 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
  28. 2.084 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3023 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 2.064 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3022 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 3020 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
  31. 2.7108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3020 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  32. 3.0112 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3020 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
  33. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 3020 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
  34. 2.5109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3020 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
  35. 3.9101 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3019 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 2.863 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3017 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  37. 1.963 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3017 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  38. 2.582 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3015 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
  39. 2.0104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3015 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3012 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 1.864 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3011 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  42. 3.265 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3011 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 2.2100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3011 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  44. 1.677 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3010 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 3.339 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 92 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 2.858 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  47. 2.692 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  48. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3006 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 2.380 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
  50. 1.896 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  51. 3.284 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 1.990 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  53. 1.971 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  54. 5.6103 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 30 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 8 · tsunami flag
  55. 3.198 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  56. 2.7104 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  57. 3.798 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  58. 2.799 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  59. 2.194 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  60. 5.8101 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 12 · tsunami flag

The first 60 of 91.

Before

  1. 2.362 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3050 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.283 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 3.283 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 2.992 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3051 days ago · 32 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 3.561 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.157 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3054 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.192 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 2.036 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3055 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 3.360 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3056 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 2.587 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.972 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3057 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 2.095 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 1.8100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 2.6102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 1.9102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 1.999 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3058 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 1.972 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 3.1175 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3059 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.289 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 2.264 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3061 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000eia4 (also filed as ak19676436, aacse0186sv7y6a, ak0186sv7y6a). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:10 PM UTC.