Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 235 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 235 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska on Thu, Feb 8, 2018, 10:47 PM AKST (07:47 UTC), 10 km (6 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
UTC
2018-02-09 07:47:40 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.264° N, 151.776° 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 9.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
276°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7183 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 3.3181 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3152 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.9208 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3151 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.5187 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 3.0194 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 2.6161 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.7158 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.6215 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 3.5189 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 2.7167 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.7172 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.5164 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 3.2167 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 3.4196 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3133 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 2.5201 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.7137 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 3.1215 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3114 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 3.8241 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 3.0196 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 3.0238 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  21. 3.0243 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 2.7205 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3103 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  23. 2.6227 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  24. 2.8238 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 3.0237 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 3.2233 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3098 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 2.8179 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3097 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 2.4207 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 2.8195 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3155 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 3.0201 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3156 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.6171 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 3.0209 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3162 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 3.2206 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 3.0199 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.9200 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 2.9197 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 2.9222 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3168 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 3.4208 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 3.4215 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 3175 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000d3rq (also filed as ak18439687). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:50 AM UTC.