M2.7 earthquake 267 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 267 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska on Tue, Aug 28, 2018, 7:58 PM AKDT (03:58 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 252 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AACSE
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-29 03:58:31 UTC
- Depth
- 5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.823° N, 157.074° 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
- 82
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8252 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.7268 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.7256 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2913 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
Before
- 2.6209 km SE of Perryville, AK · 2966 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.4285 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.2214 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.5261 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.5south of Alaska · 2983 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse018b2mnftb. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:56 AM UTC.