Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 34 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 34 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 3:56 PM AKDT (23:56 UTC), 139 km (86 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 36 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ml), micro
Local time: Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 3:56 PM AKDT
UTC: 2019-08-27 23:56:06 UTC
Depth: 139.0 km (86.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 55.828° N, 160.745° 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 7.7 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.06
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 168°
Stations used: 19

Nearest places

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

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast57 kmNNW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60005mip (also filed as aacse019azngxgl, ak019azngxgl). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:36 PM UTC.