M2.8 earthquake 225 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 225 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Sun, Jan 7, 2018, 9:53 AM AKST (18:53 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 south of Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-07 18:53:58 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.210° N, 160.906° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 2.8 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | 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 3.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 264°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.1250 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.5south of Alaska · 3151 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cinv (also filed as ak18034122, ak018bvspn8). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:37 AM UTC.