Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 75 km S of Perryville, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 75 km S of Perryville, Alaska on Fri, Aug 9, 2019, 5:16 PM AKDT (01:16 UTC), 38 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 70 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-08-10 01:16:54 UTC
Depth
37.5 km (23.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.234° N, 159.163° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
1.8ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
1.8ML, local (Richter)AACSEPreliminary

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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.835 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.045 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 62 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 1.621 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.915 km SW of Perryville, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 86 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 1.754 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 42 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2606 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.09 km SE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 85 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 3.029 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 57 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 1.842 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 2.435 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 66 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2602 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 1.843 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 63 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 2.468 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 36 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 1.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.675 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.556 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 2.374 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 29 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 2.083 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 4.770 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 2.075 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 2.671 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
  22. 2.729 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 58 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 1.867 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
  24. 2.134 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 3.149 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 29 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 1.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 3.9127 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 1.820 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 1.929 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
  30. 2.2128 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2562 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 2.168 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2559 days ago · 38 km deep · 23 km away
  32. 2.139 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  33. 1.974 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
  34. 1.873 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 1.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 2.652 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 2.6100 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 1.914 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 93 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 1.733 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.015 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 92 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.6119 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 3.246 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2619 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 2.175 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2620 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 2.341 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2620 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 2.172 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.975 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 38 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 2.479 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2623 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 2.016 km N of Perryville, Alaska · 2623 days ago · 101 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.667 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2623 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 2.7150 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2624 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 1.840 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2625 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 1.834 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2626 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.5124 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2627 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 2.051 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2630 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.224 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2630 days ago · 124 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 1.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2632 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019a7600v5 (also filed as aacse019a7600v5). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:21 AM UTC.