Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 56 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 56 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 2:36 PM AKDT (22:36 UTC), 84 km (52 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 85 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ml), micro
Local time: Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 2:36 PM AKDT
UTC: 2019-06-19 22:36:58 UTC
Depth: 84.0 km (52.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 55.235° N, 161.377° 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 3.5 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 136°
Stations used: 31

Nearest places

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

Sand Point, AlaskaPopulation 1,064. Forecast57 kmW

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 80.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70004jbd (also filed as aacse0197tiodnr, ak0197tiodnr). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:39 AM UTC.