M3.0 earthquake 208 km S of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 208 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Oct 3, 2019, 3:14 AM AKDT (11:14 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 262 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-03 11:14:10 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.493° N, 159.975° 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. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.081 · 20 stations |
| 2.8 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preliminary |
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 2.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 236°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.6226 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.3211 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.1262 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.9198 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.1206 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.8157 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.4236 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.8211 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60006356 (also filed as ak019comymti). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:06 AM UTC.