Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 54 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 54 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Mar 17, 2019, 7:47 AM AKDT (15:47 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 120 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.5 (ml), micro
Local time: Sun, Mar 17, 2019, 7:47 AM AKDT
UTC: 2019-03-17 15:47:26 UTC
Depth: 66.9 km (41.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.493° N, 162.844° 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 8.9 km horizontally, 16.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.15
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 176°
Stations used: 25

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast72 kmSSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 65 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 65.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000344a (also filed as aacse0193hy20ct, ak0193hy20ct). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:11 AM UTC.