Magnitude 2.1 - 52 miles E of Pump Station #3
August 13, 2019 07:10:09 AKDT
68.8695°N 146.7539°W Depth 6.4 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.