Alaska earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 286 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 286 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska on Mon, Jul 15, 2019, 3:54 AM AKDT (11:54 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 259 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.8 (ml), minor
Local time: Mon, Jul 15, 2019, 3:54 AM AKDT
UTC: 2019-07-15 11:54:05 UTC
Depth: 21.9 km (13.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 56.091° N, 148.490° 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 8.2 km horizontally, 10.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.04
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 192°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 41

Nearest places

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

Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast576 kmS

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 105 in the 60 days after this one and 89 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 105.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70004kjc (also filed as aacse01990c7de0, ak01990c7de0). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:28 PM UTC.