Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 24 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 24 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska on Sun, Dec 29, 2019, 1:07 AM AKST (10:07 UTC), 184 km (115 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 32 km NE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.1 (ml), minor
Local time: Sun, Dec 29, 2019, 1:07 AM AKST
UTC: 2019-12-29 10:07:10 UTC
Depth: 184.4 km (114.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 55.372° N, 162.928° 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 7.4 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.06
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 83°
Stations used: 45

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast52 kmNW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006s5f (also filed as ak019goi2u8m). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:40 PM UTC.