Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 38 km N of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 38 km N of False Pass, Alaska on Thu, Jun 6, 2019, 5:39 PM AKDT (01:39 UTC), 168 km (104 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 19 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-06-07 01:39:06 UTC
Depth
167.8 km (104.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.198° N, 163.452° 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 9.5 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
174°
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.827 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2664 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.646 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2663 days ago · 181 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 1.818 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 1.625 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 1.526 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.921 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2654 days ago · 125 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 3.619 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 141 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 2.316 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 112 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 1.718 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2649 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.823 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 118 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 1.738 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2642 days ago · 131 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.227 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 2641 days ago · 88 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 2.247 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2633 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.943 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2632 days ago · 170 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.736 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2632 days ago · 99 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 2.841 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2630 days ago · 97 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.029 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2628 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 3.137 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2626 days ago · 157 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 3.110 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 132 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 2.659 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2620 days ago · 100 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 2.213 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 132 km deep · 26 km away
  22. 2.245 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 152 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 3.151 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 166 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2673 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.556 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.06 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 112 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.446 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 88 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 3.038 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 82 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 3.444 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 149 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.167 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 77 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.627 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 149 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 3.733 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 154 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.738 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 145 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.631 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 176 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 3.8102 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 250 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.016 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 3.238 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 168 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.734 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2696 days ago · 130 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.251 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 127 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.843 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 152 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.533 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000454i (also filed as ak01979bqo2b). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:13 AM UTC.