M2.5 earthquake 5 km N of Halibut Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5 km N of Halibut Cove, Alaska on Sun, Jan 6, 2019, 1:01 PM AKST (22:01 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 21 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-06 22:01:45 UTC
- Depth
- 64.8 km (40.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.646° N, 151.232° 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.
- Stations used
- 86
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 86 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.011 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 37 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.710 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2822 days ago · 61 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.530 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.561 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 98 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.562 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 98 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.835 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.060 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 101 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.064 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 98 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.064 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 100 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.562 km W of Anchor Point, AK · 2821 days ago · 101 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.615 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2821 days ago · 87 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2820 days ago · 98 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.619 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.421 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 89 · tsunami flag
- 1.525 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 67 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.318 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 60 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.624 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 69 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.919 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.925 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.530 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.631 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 77 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.717 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 98 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.136 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.310 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.640 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 86 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.719 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 66 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.240 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 67 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 2816 days ago · 87 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.544 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
- 2.325 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.854 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 79 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.660 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 94 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.619 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 47 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.357 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.332 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.246 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 95 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 81 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.725 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.545 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 83 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.940 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 91 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.547 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 67 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.742 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 92 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.638 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 90 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.762 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 102 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.67 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 55 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.551 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.648 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 88 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.712 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 77 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 74 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 63 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.132 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.158 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 93 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.824 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 68 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.733 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.810 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 60 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.345 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2811 days ago · 96 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.543 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 95 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.643 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 93 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 92 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.533 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.814 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 72 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 83 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 114 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.511 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 50 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.015 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 76 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.050 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 84 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 95 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.37 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 71 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.011 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 63 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.56 km ESE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 48 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.722 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 55 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.634 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 78 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 97 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.758 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 84 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.918 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
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