Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 228 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 228 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Oct 6, 2019, 2:04 AM AKDT (10:04 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 222 km S of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.9 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Oct 6, 2019, 2:04 AM AKDT
UTC: 2019-10-06 10:04:40 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 53.005° N, 161.885° 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 5.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 237°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 35

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast230 kmS

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

2.6226 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Sep 9, 6:28 AM AKDT · 2578 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600064qj (also filed as ak019ctkx93w). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:04 PM UTC.