Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 46 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 46 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Jun 16, 2019, 2:30 AM AKDT (10:30 UTC), 181 km (112 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
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-06-16 10:30:59 UTC
Depth
180.7 km (112.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.264° N, 163.555° 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 11.2 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
186°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
37

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.818 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 1.625 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 1.526 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.921 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2654 days ago · 125 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 3.619 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 141 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 2.316 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 112 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 1.718 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2649 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.823 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 118 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 1.738 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2642 days ago · 131 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.227 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 2641 days ago · 88 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.247 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2633 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.943 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2632 days ago · 170 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.736 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2632 days ago · 99 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.841 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2630 days ago · 97 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 3.137 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2626 days ago · 157 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 3.110 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 132 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 2.659 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2620 days ago · 100 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.213 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 132 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 2.245 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 152 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 3.151 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 166 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 1.862 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 2.029 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 140 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 2.063 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 207 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 1.937 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 100 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 166 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 2.251 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 166 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 2.849 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 1.644 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 2.827 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2664 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.538 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2672 days ago · 168 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2673 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.556 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.06 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 112 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 3.038 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 82 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 3.444 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 149 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.627 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 149 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 3.733 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 154 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.738 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 145 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 2.631 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 176 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 3.8102 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 250 km deep · 93 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70004eyz (also filed as ak0197ocvyd8). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:56 AM UTC.