Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 54 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 54 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska on Sat, Nov 16, 2019, 12:19 PM AKST (21:19 UTC), 153 km (95 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 21 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-11-16 21:19:03 UTC
Depth
152.8 km (94.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.597° N, 162.247° 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, 4.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
168°
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.021 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 169 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 1.920 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 88 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.745 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 28 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.719 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 172 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.713 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 100 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 1.948 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.020 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 85 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 3.05 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 111 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 2.767 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2468 days ago · 70 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 3.124 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 184 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 3.748 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 155 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 3.830 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 150 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 3.525 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 83 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 1.840 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 105 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 2.217 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 78 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 2.033 km NE of King Cove, AK · 2459 days ago · 113 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 1.924 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 111 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 2.740 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.031 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 88 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 1.722 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 78 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 2.625 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.151 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.642 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.038 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 116 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.837 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 106 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 1.757 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.711 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 118 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006bdh (also filed as ak019epkl8nz). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:01 PM UTC.