Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 38 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 38 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, May 31, 2019, 11:26 AM AKDT (19:26 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 98 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
2019-05-31 19:26:53 UTC
Depth
82.3 km (51.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.521° N, 163.547° 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

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Location uncertainty
About 4.1 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
168°
Stations used
46

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600041tw (also filed as ak0196y1mbvs). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:10 AM UTC.