Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 100 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 100 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska on Thu, Sep 27, 2018, 8:17 AM AKDT (16:17 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 17 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-09-27 16:17:47 UTC
Depth
25.1 km (15.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.182° N, 149.661° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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
55

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.743 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2920 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.623 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.540 km SE of Seldovia, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.624 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.343 km SE of Seldovia, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.521 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.554 km E of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2903 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.717 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.226 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 54 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.554 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 1.553 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 40 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 1.627 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.9122 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 62 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 1.627 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 54 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.526 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.370 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 1.915 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.614 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.614 km SSE of Fox River, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 2.817 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 7
  22. 2.016 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away

Before

  1. 2.4118 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 4.2Gulf of Alaska · 2939 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.720 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 54 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.836 km SW of Chenega, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018cesqdu3 (also filed as ak20265343). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:26 PM UTC.