M3.2 earthquake 210 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 210 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska on Wed, Nov 27, 2019, 5:10 AM AKST (14:10 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 164 km SE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-11-27 14:10:04 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 52.405° N, 164.481° W
- 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. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.105 · 12 stations |
| 3.0 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preliminary |
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 4.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 222°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.8164 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.0155 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.3171 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.8259 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.8146 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
Before
- 2.0146 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.9196 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2521 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.6185 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.7south of Alaska · 2529 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.2132 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60006qct (also filed as ak019f7na3l3). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:40 AM UTC.