Alaska earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 61 km NE of Chignik, Alaska

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 61 km NE of Chignik, Alaska on Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 5:40 AM AKDT (13:40 UTC), 75 km (47 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.9 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 5:40 AM AKDT
UTC: 2019-07-14 13:40:08 UTC
Depth: 75.4 km (46.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 56.614° N, 157.596° W
Region: Alaska
Felt reports: 3
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
3.9	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
3.9	ML, local (Richter)	AACSE	Preliminary
4.4	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.12 · 20 stations

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used: 207

Nearest places

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

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast230 kmNE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0198yprweg (also filed as us70004k31, aacse0198yprweg). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:44 PM UTC.