Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 200 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 200 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska on Sat, Jan 27, 2018, 10:46 PM AKST (07:46 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 241 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.9 (ml), micro
Local time: Sat, Jan 27, 2018, 10:46 PM AKST
UTC: 2018-01-28 07:46:34 UTC
Depth: 5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 55.611° N, 151.801° 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.

Location uncertainty: About 4.9 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 224°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 34

Nearest places

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

Womens Bay, AlaskaPopulation 719. Forecast236 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 45 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ch7w (also filed as ak18360124, ak0181afhoyu). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC.