Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 4 km E of Beaver, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 4 km E of Beaver, Alaska on Wed, Dec 11, 2019, 1:42 AM AKST (10:42 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 14 km S of Venetie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-11 10:42:17 UTC
Depth
8.9 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
66.356° N, 147.296° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
75

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.71 km SSE of Beaver, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.936 km NNE of Beaver, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 1.944 km SSW of Birch Creek, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.120 km N of Stevens Village, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 1.933 km ENE of Livengood, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.248 km NNE of Stevens Village, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 1.843 km SW of Beaver, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.344 km SW of Beaver, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.872 km SE of Coldfoot, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.727 km WNW of Venetie, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 3.014 km S of Venetie, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.541 km NE of Livengood, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.644 km E of Stevens Village, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away

Before

  1. 1.915 km E of Stevens Village, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.239 km WSW of Venetie, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 1.664 km WNW of Venetie, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019fuqm46x (also filed as us60006q4i). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:29 PM UTC.