Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 52 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 52 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Fri, Jan 4, 2019, 5:49 PM AKST (02:49 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 83 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time: Fri, Jan 4, 2019, 5:49 PM AKST
UTC: 2019-01-05 02:49:13 UTC
Depth: 12.5 km (7.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 54.611° N, 162.073° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
1.8	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preferred · Preliminary
1.8	ML, local (Richter)	AACSE	Preliminary

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: 14

Nearest places

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

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast52 kmSSE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 70.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0198b64rt (also filed as aacse0198b64rt). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:41 PM UTC.