Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 126 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 126 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska on Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 1:47 AM AKDT (09:47 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 195 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-06-15 09:47:46 UTC
Depth
18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.215° N, 152.298° 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
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.737 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 3.0195 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 2.5202 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.3198 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.7162 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 2.047 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.848 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 30 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.2119 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 1.850 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3027 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.1189 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3031 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 2.752 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3035 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 3.560 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3035 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.0124 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3038 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 2.3133 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 3041 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 3.1209 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3042 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 2.6189 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3042 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 3.1196 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3043 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse0187mouon9. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC.