M1.8 earthquake 145 km SE of Alcan Border, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 145 km SE of Alcan Border, Alaska on Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 8:04 PM PST (04:04 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 145 km ESE of Alcan Border, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-12-29 04:04:58 UTC
- Depth
- 16.9 km (10.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.952° N, 138.784° W
- Region
- Canada
- 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.
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8143 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2466 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 2462 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.7146 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.0146 km ESE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.5143 km SE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.0145 km ESE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.5142 km SE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.0145 km ESE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.1143 km SE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.7149 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2413 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019goehp41. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:11 PM UTC.