Alaska earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 116 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 116 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska on Mon, Jan 7, 2019, 8:20 PM AKST (05:20 UTC), 60 km (37 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 55 km E of Port Heiden, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.0 (ml), minor
Local time: Mon, Jan 7, 2019, 8:20 PM AKST
UTC: 2019-01-08 05:20:09 UTC
Depth: 59.5 km (37.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 56.602° N, 156.455° 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

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Stations used: 114

Nearest places

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

Naknek, AlaskaPopulation 544. Forecast239 kmS

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 67 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 67.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019dbe8zd (also filed as us2000j1av, aacse019dbe91u). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:51 PM UTC.