Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 269 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 269 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jan 3, 2019, 6:47 AM AKST (15:47 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 231 km SE of Akutan, 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
2019-01-03 15:47:29 UTC
Depth
1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.458° N, 162.854° 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
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9223 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.9209 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 3.0177 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 3.2221 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 3.8231 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 3.2260 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 2.8176 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 3.5235 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 2.9198 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 54 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.8218 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 2.6180 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 3.0212 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 2.8237 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 3.0258 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.6264 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 3.3231 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 3.4south of Alaska · 2857 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse01957toga. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:46 PM UTC.