Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 163 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 163 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 1:19 AM AKDT (09:19 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 128 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2018-08-13 09:19:46 UTC
Depth
47.2 km (29.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.291° N, 158.719° 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
44

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.974 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.9109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 2.8113 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 3.2122 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 2.8219 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.4232 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.7125 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2958 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.0106 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 1.774 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.4136 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.8252 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.872 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.897 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 32 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 2.8128 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 3.7128 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 2.7122 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 31 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.384 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2915 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 2.5114 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.4143 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.5261 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.6south of Alaska · 2986 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 3.991 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 1.775 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.293 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.3107 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 3.2101 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2991 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.2237 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2992 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.2185 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2994 days ago · 31 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 1.668 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2995 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.284 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2998 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.5136 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.9194 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3001 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse018ac9e5ri. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:27 PM UTC.