Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 74 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 74 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska on Thu, Aug 29, 2019, 12:14 AM AKDT (08:14 UTC), 29 km (18 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
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-08-29 08:14:14 UTC
Depth
28.7 km (17.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.256° N, 158.912° 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
2.3ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.3ML, 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
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.083 km ESE of Perryville, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 4.770 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.075 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.671 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 2.729 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 58 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 1.867 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 2.134 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 3.9127 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.820 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 66 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 2.046 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.929 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 53 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.2128 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 2.168 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 38 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 2.139 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.974 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 1.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.652 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 2.655 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 2.120 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.455 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 2.131 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 2.174 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 2.278 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 2.945 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away

Before

  1. 1.830 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.675 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.468 km SE of Perryville, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.843 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2599 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 2.435 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 66 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 1.842 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 3.029 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 57 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.09 km SE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 85 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2603 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 1.754 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 42 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 1.915 km SW of Perryville, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 86 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 1.621 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.045 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 2.835 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.875 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 38 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 2.6100 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 1.914 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 93 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.015 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 92 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 2.6119 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away

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