Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 29 km NNW of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 29 km NNW of Akutan, Alaska on Sat, Oct 5, 2019, 9:49 PM AKDT (05:49 UTC), 158 km (98 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: 2.8 (ml), micro
Local time: Sat, Oct 5, 2019, 9:49 PM AKDT
UTC: 2019-10-06 05:49:18 UTC
Depth: 157.8 km (98.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.362° N, 165.995° 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 12.0 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 154°
Stations used: 40

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast29 kmNNW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005rc2 (also filed as ak019cti7jcw). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:32 AM UTC.