A 7.9 <span about="#mwt92" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"M","href":"./Template:M"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"W"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwAWA" typeof="mw:Transclusion">M</span><sub about="#mwt92">w</sub><span about="#mwt92" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><link about="#mwt92" href="./Category:Articles_using_Mw_magnitude_scale" id="mwAWE" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Gulf_of_Alaska_earthquake" id="mwAWI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake">earthquake</a> occurs in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Alaska" id="mwAWM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gulf of Alaska">Gulf of Alaska</a>. It is tied as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_the_United_States" id="mwAWQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of earthquakes in the United States">sixth-largest earthquake</a> ever recorded in the United States, but there are no reports of significant damage or fatalities.