Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 10 km SE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 10 km SE of Akutan, Alaska on Thu, Nov 14, 2019, 4:23 AM AKST (13:23 UTC), 122 km (76 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 33 km WNW of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.9 (ml), micro
Local time: Thu, Nov 14, 2019, 4:23 AM AKST
UTC: 2019-11-14 13:23:59 UTC
Depth: 121.7 km (75.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.075° N, 165.648° 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.

Location uncertainty: About 14.7 km horizontally, 2.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 170°
Stations used: 25

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast11 kmSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 64.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60006mi4 (also filed as ak019em4s1z1). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC.