Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 206 km SE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 206 km SE of Akutan, Alaska on Wed, Jun 5, 2019, 7:56 PM AKDT (03:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 166 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-06-06 03:56:41 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.699° N, 163.807° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
221°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.3137 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.6218 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2664 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.0130 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2664 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.9206 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2660 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 2.8198 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2659 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 2.0121 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2659 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.1139 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.8147 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 3.2168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2654 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.1165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2650 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.4153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2641 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.9162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2639 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.4165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2639 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2634 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 3.7166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2632 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.8166 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2623 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 2.6118 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.9240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 2.9268 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2677 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 3.2250 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 3.3142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.9156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us700044sa (also filed as ak01977phvnz). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:23 AM UTC.