Alaska earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 136 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 136 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska on Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 1:08 AM AKDT (09:08 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-07-31 09:08:57 UTC
Depth
9.6 km (6.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.632° N, 166.897° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Location uncertainty
About 4.9 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
171°
Stations used
228

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 51 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000gi0k (also filed as ak19995835, ak0189qrcba9). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:30 PM UTC.