Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 199 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 199 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Mar 6, 2019, 11:32 AM AKST (20:32 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 168 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2019-03-06 20:32:03 UTC
Depth
26.1 km (16.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.233° N, 162.099° 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
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.5234 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 38 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 3.5168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.2162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.3166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.3162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.7166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.6232 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.9242 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.6156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 3.2232 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.7174 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.4251 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.6251 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.5218 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 43 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 2.9183 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 3.0161 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2741 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 2.4226 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2737 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.4240 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.3106 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 3.1117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 2.9south of Alaska · 2729 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 3.0265 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away
  23. 3.2192 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2721 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
  24. 2.3228 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 2.3214 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 46 km deep · 34 km away

Before

  1. 2.7170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2772 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 3.1169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 3.0155 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 67 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.8152 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 3.2163 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.8148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.8144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 3.5168 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 2.9198 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 54 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.6229 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 50 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.9242 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 38 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 5.1138 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
  13. 2.5246 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 3.0152 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 62 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 3.0152 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 3.2167 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 29 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 3.0124 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.8247 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away

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