Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 9:27 PM AKDT (05:27 UTC), 124 km (77 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 48 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2019-03-13 05:27:05 UTC
Depth
123.7 km (76.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.393° N, 161.914° 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.

Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.069 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.352 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2756 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 2.764 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 3.751 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 215 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.416 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 151 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 3.656 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 124 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 2.036 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 4.548 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 169 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.650 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.753 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 89 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 3.543 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 211 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.547 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2741 days ago · 107 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.965 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.812 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2737 days ago · 180 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 2.242 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 1.860 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 107 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 3.322 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 156 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.771 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 4.134 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 170 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 2.940 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 118 km deep · 4 km away
  21. 3.549 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2727 days ago · 162 km deep · 33 km away
  22. 3.279 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 2.053 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  24. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2724 days ago · 88 km deep · 81 km away
  25. 2.934 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 144 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 1.626 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  27. 2.166 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 2.146 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 75 km deep · 52 km away
  29. 2.314 km NNE of False Pass, Alaska · 2714 days ago · 95 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 2.744 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 91 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 3.662 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 126 km deep · 19 km away
  32. 3.137 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 100 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 3.539 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 125 km deep · 11 km away
  34. 1.847 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  35. 2.636 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 173 km deep · 65 km away
  36. 1.626 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 51 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 1.914 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 1.927 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2708 days ago · 94 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 3.218 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 188 km deep · 82 km away
  40. 3.933 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 161 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 3.0Alaska Peninsula · 2703 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 2.530 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 135 km deep · 79 km away
  43. 2.258 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 1.533 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 2.843 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 152 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 2.251 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 127 km deep · 18 km away
  47. 3.324 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 156 km deep · 56 km away

Before

  1. 2.262 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.176 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.577 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 82 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.847 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 215 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.229 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 109 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 1.950 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 102 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 2.354 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.183 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.932 km S of King Cove, AK · 2775 days ago · 87 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.426 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 3.126 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 151 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 3.533 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 157 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 4.155 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 215 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 2.140 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.239 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 102 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 3.520 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 168 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 3.836 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 176 km deep · 95 km away

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