Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 42 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 42 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska on Sat, Feb 9, 2019, 1:43 PM AKST (22:43 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 31 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-02-09 22:43:39 UTC
Depth
6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.143° N, 157.579° 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.

Stations used
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.644 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.124 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 2.3114 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 70 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.160 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2789 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 1.958 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2784 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 2.156 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 118 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.258 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 2.492 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 80 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 1.962 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2777 days ago · 127 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.994 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2775 days ago · 54 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.856 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2774 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 2.117 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2773 days ago · 108 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 2.326 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 1.588 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.855 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2769 days ago · 115 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 1.665 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2768 days ago · 83 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.551 km NE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.061 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 141 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.589 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2767 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.072 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2762 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 3.231 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2759 days ago · 125 km deep · 45 km away
  22. 2.754 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
  23. 1.852 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  24. 2.582 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2757 days ago · 94 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 3.044 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2754 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 2.353 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2752 days ago · 86 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 2.241 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2748 days ago · 88 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 1.957 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  29. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 2747 days ago · 93 km deep · 78 km away
  30. 2.250 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2747 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  31. 2.6119 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2743 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.989 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 1.6101 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2742 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 1.8118 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2741 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 1.867 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  36. 1.594 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2739 days ago · 80 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 1.653 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2738 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
  38. 1.9123 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2736 days ago · 76 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 2734 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 2.148 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2734 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 2.547 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 2.344 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2733 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  43. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2731 days ago · 95 km deep · 64 km away
  44. 1.945 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2731 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away

Before

  1. 1.987 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 83 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.756 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2791 days ago · 93 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 3.064 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.049 km SSW of Ugashik, AK · 2794 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 2.633 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 101 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.960 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 2.030 km ESE of Ugashik, AK · 2798 days ago · 107 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 2.157 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 2.157 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 1.758 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 1.758 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 1.748 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 1.660 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 1.657 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 1.859 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 1.642 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 3.058 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 3.455 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 4.455 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 1.645 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0191uiupvx (also filed as us2000jfs8, aacse0191uiupvx). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC.