Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 209 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 209 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Tue, Jan 8, 2019, 4:36 PM AKST (01:36 UTC), 10 km (6 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
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-09 01:36:59 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
53.175° N, 161.962° 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 3.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
244°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.1162 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 3.2221 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 3.2134 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 3.8231 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.8176 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 3.5235 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.7251 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.8247 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 3.0124 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 3.2167 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 3.0152 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 3.0152 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.5246 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 5.1138 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
  15. 2.9242 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 2.6229 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 50 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.9198 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 54 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 3.5168 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 2.8144 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.8148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 3.2163 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 2.8152 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 3.0155 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 67 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 2.9199 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away

Before

  1. 3.0214 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.5132 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 2.7141 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.6140 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 3.0170 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.9223 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 2.8248 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.9269 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 2.8237 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 3.0258 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.6264 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 3.3231 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 2.9227 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.9298 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j4ys (also filed as aacse019ewneef, ak019ewneef). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.