Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 42 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 42 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska on Thu, Jun 6, 2019, 12:05 AM AKDT (08:05 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 Alaska Peninsula. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-06-06 08:05:01 UTC
Depth
3.2 km (2.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.172° N, 157.705° 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.ScaleComputed byNotes
1.9ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
1.9ML, local (Richter)AACSEPreliminary

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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.1Alaska Peninsula · 2672 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.8115 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2672 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2669 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.990 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2669 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2668 days ago · 128 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 2.658 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2667 days ago · 107 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 1.9104 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2665 days ago · 67 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.446 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2664 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 1.666 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2662 days ago · 82 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.855 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2660 days ago · 117 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.143 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2660 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 2.254 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2660 days ago · 80 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.1104 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2659 days ago · 59 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.680 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2658 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.016 km N of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 99 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 3.866 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2652 days ago · 118 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 1.671 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2650 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 2.482 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2650 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 1.759 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2650 days ago · 105 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.849 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2644 days ago · 108 km deep · 8 km away
  21. 1.955 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2642 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  22. 2.159 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2640 days ago · 86 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 1.781 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2639 days ago · 86 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 3.961 km NE of Chignik, Alaska · 2638 days ago · 75 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
  25. 2.0108 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2635 days ago · 65 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 2.183 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2633 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
  27. 1.850 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2631 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 1.593 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 82 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 1.745 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 1.847 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 93 km deep · 45 km away
  31. 3.187 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 1.946 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away

Before

  1. 1.748 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 93 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 2.3106 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2677 days ago · 75 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.847 km ENE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2677 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 3.587 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2677 days ago · 59 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.148 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2677 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 1.868 km ESE of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 1.944 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 109 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 1.972 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 73 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.240 km WSW of Pilot Point, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 167 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 2.170 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 79 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 3.043 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 85 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.392 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 1.667 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 84 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.427 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 2.338 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2689 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.750 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 2.0100 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.277 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.650 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 2.417 km NNE of Chignik Lagoon, Alaska · 2697 days ago · 92 km deep · 91 km away

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