Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 170 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 170 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Jan 5, 2019, 5:00 PM AKST (02:00 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 138 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2019-01-06 02:00:03 UTC
Depth
42.7 km (26.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.358° N, 162.829° 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
74

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 57 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.6140 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.7141 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.5114 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.5132 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.5147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 32 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 3.7112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.9209 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.1112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 3.0177 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.3121 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 3.2221 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 3.4153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 3.6154 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.3125 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.4140 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 3.4141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 3.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 3.2134 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 3.8231 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.6161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 2.8176 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  22. 2.8153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 3.5235 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  24. 2.0100 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 2.2117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 2.5109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  27. 2.3152 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 2.4114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 1.9114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.393 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 3.0100 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 3.0124 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  33. 2.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 3.2167 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  35. 3.0152 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 66 km deep · 85 km away
  36. 3.0152 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 2.7102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 5.1138 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
  39. 2.9198 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 54 km deep · 47 km away
  40. 3.5168 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 36 km deep · 3 km away
  41. 2.8144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
  42. 2.6154 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
  43. 2.8218 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 2.6180 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  45. 3.0212 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  46. 2.8148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
  47. 4.0156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 3.2163 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
  49. 2.8152 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away
  50. 2.5142 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 32 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 2.484 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 3.1169 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  53. 3.0147 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away
  54. 2.7170 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  55. 2.786 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
  56. 3.0134 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2766 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 2.9199 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away

Before

  1. 2.9223 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.197 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.9269 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.8237 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.8148 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 2.089 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.9161 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 3.0258 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.7150 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 2.589 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.596 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.8167 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 3.6172 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.6264 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.274 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.9141 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.7149 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.5106 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.6109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.4106 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away

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