Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 47 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 47 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Sun, Mar 3, 2019, 10:00 AM AKST (19:00 UTC), 215 km (134 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 48 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2019-03-03 19:00:44 UTC
Depth
215.1 km (133.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
56.202° N, 161.872° 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
91

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 2760 days ago · 124 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 3.751 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 215 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 3.656 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2750 days ago · 124 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 4.548 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2746 days ago · 169 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 3.543 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 211 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 2.812 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 180 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 2.242 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2735 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 1.860 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 107 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 3.322 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 156 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 4.134 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 170 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 2.940 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 118 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 3.549 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 162 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.053 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2725 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 3.662 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 126 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 2.450 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 140 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.847 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away

Before

  1. 1.950 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2770 days ago · 102 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 3.126 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 151 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 3.533 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 157 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 3.640 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 165 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 4.155 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2781 days ago · 215 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 2.239 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 102 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 3.520 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 168 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.756 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 134 km deep · 70 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event aacse0192uumujb. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.