Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 119 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 119 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska on Mon, Aug 6, 2018, 8:05 PM AKDT (04:05 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 123 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2018-08-07 04:05:15 UTC
Depth
24.7 km (15.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.322° N, 152.189° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.6Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 1.8Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2971 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.947 km S of Chiniak, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.992 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.247 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.7115 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.2132 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.4137 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 2.4131 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 2.9211 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.932 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.2118 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 3.0123 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.3129 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.7123 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 2.3138 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.2131 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.8112 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.1116 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2922 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 1.749 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 1.848 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.047 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.7162 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.3198 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.5202 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3004 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 3.0195 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3008 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse018a293ubk. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:49 AM UTC.