Alaska earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 18 km SE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 18 km SE of False Pass, Alaska on Fri, Sep 27, 2019, 9:32 PM AKDT (05:32 UTC), 102 km (63 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 106 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.6 (mb), minor
Local time: Fri, Sep 27, 2019, 9:32 PM AKDT
UTC: 2019-09-28 05:32:43 UTC
Depth: 101.5 km (63.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.725° N, 163.232° 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 5.7 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.20
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 159°
Stations used: 102

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast69 kmWSW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005n15 (also filed as ak019cg9t694). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:50 AM UTC.