Alaska earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 54 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 54 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Sun, Jan 6, 2019, 2:36 AM AKST (11:36 UTC), 118 km (73 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 55 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2019-01-06 11:36:53 UTC
Depth
117.8 km (73.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.594° N, 161.694° 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, 3.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
68°
Stations used
56

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.364 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 57 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.655 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 3.247 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 178 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 2.210 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 114 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.453 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 3.032 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.27 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 3.047 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 168 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 3.59 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 175 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.350 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 103 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.660 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 124 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 2.337 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 90 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.831 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 60 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.638 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 1.826 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 73 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 1.923 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 2.051 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 2.756 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 134 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 3.520 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 168 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 2.239 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 102 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 4.155 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 215 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 3.640 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 165 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 3.533 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2776 days ago · 157 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 3.126 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 151 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 2.426 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  26. 1.950 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 102 km deep · 15 km away
  27. 2.229 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 109 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 2.847 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 215 km deep · 68 km away

Before

  1. 2.555 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.849 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 187 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.655 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 159 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 3.053 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.929 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j36l (also filed as aacse019a3zok2, ak019a3zoit). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:30 PM UTC.