Alaska earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 44 km NW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 44 km NW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Sun, May 20, 2018, 8:42 PM AKDT (04:42 UTC), 207 km (128 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sun, May 20, 2018, 8:42 PM AKDT
UTC: 2018-05-21 04:42:10 UTC
Depth: 206.6 km (128.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 56.263° N, 161.755° 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
4.1	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.139 · 14 stations
4.1	mb, body-wave	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary
3.3	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 6.8 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.14
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 62°
Stations used: 151

Nearest places

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

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast129 kmNW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000e96z (also filed as ak19640907, ak0186h9ep07, aacse0186h9ep07). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:43 PM UTC.