Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 272 km W of Adak, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 272 km W of Adak, Alaska on Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 3:29 AM GMT+12 (15:29 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 293 km WSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-01-29 15:29:17 UTC
Depth
71.3 km (44.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
51.494° N, 179.472° E
Region
Alaska
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.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.9ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed
2.9ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Location uncertainty
About 17.5 km horizontally, 10.0 km in depth
Stations used
13

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.8201 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 110 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 127 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.4212 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 80 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.9244 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 4.0Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 136 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 4.3266 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 70 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 3.8208 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 156 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.8293 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 4.8232 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 183 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.7226 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 3.9Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 94 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 3.0187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 3.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.8255 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 2.3202 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 3.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 4.6Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 98 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 3.2220 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.2194 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 3.3257 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 2.6226 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 104 km deep · 75 km away
  23. 3.1283 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 3.8Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 3.1235 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 103 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 2.7Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.5Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.9243 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 140 km deep · 51 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jile (also filed as ak0191c7otjb). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:38 AM UTC.