Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 31 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 31 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Feb 16, 2019, 2:13 PM AKST (23:13 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 90 km W of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-02-16 23:13:57 UTC
Depth
2.1 km (1.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.572° N, 163.501° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
293°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 42 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.693 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 32 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.374 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.193 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.932 km S of King Cove, AK · 2773 days ago · 87 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.291 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.484 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.354 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 2.786 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 2.657 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 78 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 4.790 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 166 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.7101 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2763 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.8100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 2.578 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 2.589 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 2.5116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.888 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 2.690 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2760 days ago · 43 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 2.222 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 2.297 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 2.179 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 2.554 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 67 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 2.791 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 2.337 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 103 km deep · 8 km away
  24. 2.286 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 2.036 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 2.073 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 2.5103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 2.776 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away
  29. 3.5106 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2741 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.395 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 2.080 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  32. 1.549 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 2.3109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 2.980 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
  36. 3.1117 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 2.491 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 2.189 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  39. 2.4Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 2.274 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  41. 2.487 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2723 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2723 days ago · 88 km deep · 59 km away

Before

  1. 1.745 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.140 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 75 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 2.339 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 87 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 2.7102 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.2107 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 3.836 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 176 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.282 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 3.0124 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 3.0100 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.494 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.393 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.581 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 1.9114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 2.4114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.283 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.5109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.2117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 2.159 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 55 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 2.0100 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event av70822679. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:52 AM UTC.