Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 50 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 50 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Sun, Mar 3, 2019, 1:14 AM AKST (10:14 UTC), 102 km (63 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
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-03-03 10:14:40 UTC
Depth
101.9 km (63.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.566° N, 161.456° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.229 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 109 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.847 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 215 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 2.933 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.176 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2764 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.227 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2761 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 2759 days ago · 124 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 3.334 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.924 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.036 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 3.021 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2758 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.842 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.069 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.912 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.352 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2755 days ago · 52 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 3.751 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 215 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.416 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 151 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 3.656 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2749 days ago · 124 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.036 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 4.548 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 169 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 2.650 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2745 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 2.753 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 89 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 3.543 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 211 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 2.547 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2741 days ago · 107 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 1.935 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2740 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 2.051 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 2.143 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 2.812 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 180 km deep · 52 km away
  28. 2.242 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 1.860 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 107 km deep · 17 km away
  30. 1.754 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 3.322 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2732 days ago · 156 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 4.134 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2729 days ago · 170 km deep · 36 km away
  33. 2.940 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2728 days ago · 118 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 3.549 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2726 days ago · 162 km deep · 22 km away
  35. 3.279 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 2.053 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2724 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 1.626 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2722 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  38. 2.166 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2720 days ago · 54 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 2.125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2718 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 2.037 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 2.146 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2715 days ago · 75 km deep · 45 km away
  42. 2.744 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 91 km deep · 88 km away
  43. 2.233 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 86 km deep · 76 km away
  44. 3.662 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 126 km deep · 17 km away
  45. 3.137 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 100 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 2.450 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 140 km deep · 82 km away
  47. 3.539 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 125 km deep · 39 km away
  48. 1.847 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2710 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  49. 2.636 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 173 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 2.426 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 3.126 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 151 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 3.533 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 157 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 3.640 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 165 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 4.155 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 215 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.239 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 102 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 3.520 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2787 days ago · 168 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 2.756 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 134 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 2.042 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.043 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 3.239 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.051 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 64 km deep · 60 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0192upcxta (also filed as aacse0192upcxta). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:11 AM UTC.