Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 47 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 47 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska on Wed, Jun 5, 2019, 1:07 PM AKDT (21:07 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 61 km NE of Chignik, 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
2019-06-05 21:07:34 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.069° N, 157.877° 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

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.3106 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.748 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 93 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 1.942 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 1.8115 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2670 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2668 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 1.990 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2667 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.658 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2665 days ago · 107 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 1.9104 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2663 days ago · 67 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.446 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2662 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 1.666 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2660 days ago · 82 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.143 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2658 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.254 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2658 days ago · 80 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.1104 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2657 days ago · 59 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 2.680 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.016 km N of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 2654 days ago · 99 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 3.866 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2650 days ago · 118 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 1.671 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 2.482 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 1.849 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2642 days ago · 108 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 1.955 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2640 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  21. 2.159 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2638 days ago · 86 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 1.781 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2638 days ago · 86 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 3.961 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 2636 days ago · 75 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  24. 2.183 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2631 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 1.850 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2630 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  26. 1.593 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2620 days ago · 82 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 1.745 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2620 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
  28. 1.847 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2619 days ago · 93 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 3.187 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2619 days ago · 60 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 1.946 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away

Before

  1. 3.587 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 59 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.148 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 1.868 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 1.944 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2677 days ago · 109 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 1.972 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 73 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 2.240 km WSW of Pilot Point, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 167 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 3.043 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 85 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.392 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.427 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 2.338 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.750 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 2.0100 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 2.277 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.650 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 2.417 km NNE of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 92 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.181 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2698 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 3.494 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 77 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 2.072 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 100 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 3.050 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2704 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak01976cdtef (also filed as aacse01976cdtef). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:50 PM UTC.