Alaska earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 218 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 218 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sat, Jun 15, 2019, 10:37 PM AKDT (06:37 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 166 km S 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 06:37:47 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
52.950° N, 162.619° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
235°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.9206 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2660 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.8198 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2658 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 2.8241 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2654 days ago · 56 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 3.2168 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2653 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.1165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2649 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.7281 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2644 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.4153 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2640 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.9162 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2638 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 2.4165 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2638 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 1.9139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2637 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.5Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2634 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 3.7166 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2631 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.5235 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2628 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 2.2237 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2627 days ago · 31 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 2.8166 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 2.9240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 2.4219 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2620 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 2.8146 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.4240 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 32 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 2.1133 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 3.2190 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 3.6270 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2670 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.3206 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.7218 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 40 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.9268 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 50 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 4.2232 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 48 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.9217 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 3.0283 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 3.2250 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 3.3142 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 3.0255 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.8231 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 2.9156 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70004ez2 (also filed as aacse0197oajlkc, ak0197oajlkc). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:45 AM UTC.