Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 228 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 228 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska on Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 4:07 AM AKDT (12:07 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 237 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.0 (ml), minor
Local time: Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 4:07 AM AKDT
UTC: 2018-04-10 12:07:49 UTC
Depth: 6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 55.720° N, 150.743° 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 9.1 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 227°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 82

Nearest places

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

Womens Bay, AlaskaPopulation 719. Forecast248 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 200.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000e01b (also filed as ak19234078, ak0184lkxisn). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 7:51 AM UTC.