Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 238 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 238 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska on Fri, Jul 27, 2018, 9:27 AM AKDT (17:27 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 278 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2018-07-27 17:27:58 UTC
Depth
4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.251° N, 151.730° 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
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.5233 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.8246 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.9259 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 3.0278 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.9229 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2956 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 2.9211 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 1.9244 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 2.6231 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 2.3241 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.3241 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.5238 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 1.7162 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.3198 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2999 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 2.5202 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3005 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 3.0195 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3009 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 2.7217 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3014 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.9248 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3015 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse0189ka2gvv. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:30 PM UTC.