Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 177 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 177 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska on Tue, Apr 2, 2019, 9:40 AM AKDT (17:40 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 211 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-04-02 17:40:50 UTC
Depth
15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.814° N, 151.895° 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

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Stations used
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.4120 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2730 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.8238 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.5122 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2716 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.3118 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 3.0119 km SSE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.9201 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2700 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 3.6211 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2699 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.3201 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 2.2217 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 3.1117 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 2.0121 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.8213 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2744 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.3121 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.2110 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2753 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.6128 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 2.3115 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01948ft3ob (also filed as aacse01948ft3ob, us2000k9av). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 6:11 PM UTC.