M2.8 earthquake 203 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 203 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 11:48 PM AKDT (07:48 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 104 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
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-11 07:48:43 UTC
- Depth
- 20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.271° N, 161.678° 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 |
| 2.8 | 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 3.1 km horizontally, 14.8 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 232°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.7140 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2997 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.2104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.1251 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6255 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2983 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.6243 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.9245 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 31 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.0215 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.1183 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000g7d5 (also filed as ak19887198, aacse0188tnn1s6, ak0188tnn1s6). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:32 AM UTC.