M3.1 earthquake 206 km S of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 206 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Sat, Nov 16, 2019, 4:08 PM AKST (01:08 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 236 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
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-11-17 01:08:40 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.482° N, 160.351° 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
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 230°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.4236 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.8211 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.1114 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.1119 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.0130 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.8215 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.6178 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 3.9198 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.1262 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.3211 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.6226 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2528 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.4222 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60006nau (also filed as ak019eqw5ns7). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:30 PM UTC.