Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 234 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 234 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 5:21 AM AKDT (13:21 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 232 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-03-15 13:21:17 UTC
Depth
38.4 km (23.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.955° N, 161.876° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.5 km horizontally, 10.1 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
260°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.6232 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 2.9242 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 3.2232 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2751 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 2.4251 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.6251 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.5218 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 43 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 2.9183 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 3.0161 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.4248 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.4226 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.4240 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 2.9south of Alaska · 2725 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 3.0265 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 42 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 3.2192 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2717 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.3228 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.3214 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 46 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 2.4163 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.6243 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 3.0239 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 51 km deep · 31 km away

Before

  1. 2.9199 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2765 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 3.0155 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 67 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.8152 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 3.2163 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.8148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 3.5168 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 36 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.9198 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 54 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 2.6229 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 50 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.9242 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.5246 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003agt (also filed as aacse0193elmusm, ak0193elmusm). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:05 PM UTC.