M2.6 earthquake 226 km S of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 226 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 10:14 PM AKDT (06:14 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
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-30 06:14:51 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.302° N, 160.290° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 284°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.3211 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1262 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.9198 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2516 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.1206 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.4236 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.8211 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006a1f (also filed as ak019dx7hvfo). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:55 AM UTC.