Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake Southern Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 7:24 PM AKDT (03:24 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 8 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 7:24 PM AKDT
UTC: 2018-07-19 03:24:51 UTC
Depth: 9.2 km (5.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 61.902° N, 149.296° W
Region: Alaska
Felt reports: 1
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used: 81

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 159 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 159.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01896teyro (also filed as ak19899378, us2000g8f0). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:50 AM UTC.