Magnitude 1.2 - 37 miles NE of Kobuk
July 11, 2019 22:52:13 AKDT
67.3613°N 156.1224°W Depth 1.5 miles
Tectonic Setting of the Brooks Range
Seismicity in the Brooks Range is characterized by intraplate earthquakes associated with mountain
building and crustal reorganization. A broad earthquake band extends from northeast of the Brooks
Range toward the Beaufort Sea. Earthquake source mechanisms comprise a mixture of strike-slip and
normal faulting events, indicative of north-northwest compression and northeast extension. Together
with the North Slope, this seismic zone produces a few magnitude 4-5 earthquakes per year.