Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 60 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 60 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska on Sun, Jan 19, 2020, 9:14 AM AKST (18:14 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 21 km E of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-19 18:14:34 UTC
Depth
48.1 km (29.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.368° N, 162.993° 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 6.2 km horizontally, 21.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
196°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.859 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.953 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 52 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 2.2108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.838 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 79 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 1.678 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.2111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 2.1125 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.611 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 112 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2434 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.9107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 2.791 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.062 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 1.989 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 3.359 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.488 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 61 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 2.015 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 110 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 2.5115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 1.51 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 2.990 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 1.959 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 2.238 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 2.564 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 64 km deep · 33 km away
  25. 2.023 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  26. 1.869 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 1.652 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 52 km deep · 8 km away
  28. 2.699 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 1.957 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 2.189 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 2.285 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 1.958 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 45 km deep · 36 km away
  33. 2.293 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 32 km deep · 33 km away
  34. 2.479 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 4.521 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 98 km deep · 57 km away
  36. 2.279 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 55 km deep · 33 km away
  37. 3.195 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
  38. 2.891 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  39. 2.623 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 131 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 2.293 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 88 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 2.290 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 50 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 2.681 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
  43. 1.884 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  44. 2.8109 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 1.889 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 2.174 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  47. 2.097 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 1.518 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 109 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 4.1111 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 32 km deep · 56 km away
  50. 1.986 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 1.966 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
  52. 1.736 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 2.060 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 53 km deep · 23 km away
  54. 2.3114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 2.8117 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 2.697 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  57. 1.911 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 91 km deep · 84 km away
  58. 2.9131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 1.878 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  60. 2.052 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 86 km deep · 43 km away

The first 60 of 64.

Before

  1. 2.180 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.5110 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 3.3112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.774 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 1.864 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.187 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 53 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 3.135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 91 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 2.486 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 62 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 2.740 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.5101 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 2.0107 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 69 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.541 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 68 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.787 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.2114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.6102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 42 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 2.632 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 2.089 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.217 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 78 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 2.785 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 1.644 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600085pj (also filed as ak020vq0h4m). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:13 PM UTC.