Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 27 km SE of Akutan, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 27 km SE of Akutan, Alaska on Mon, Nov 11, 2019, 2:00 AM AKST (11:00 UTC), 125 km (78 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.1 (ml), minor
Local time: Mon, Nov 11, 2019, 2:00 AM AKST
UTC: 2019-11-11 11:00:53 UTC
Depth: 124.8 km (77.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 53.992° N, 165.429° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 171°
Stations used: 26

Nearest places

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

Akutan, AlaskaPopulation 1,040. Forecast28 kmSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 67.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006dfm (also filed as ak019eh4u7ev). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:20 PM UTC.