M1.7 earthquake 1 km SSE of Beaver, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 1 km SSE of Beaver, Alaska on Wed, Dec 11, 2019, 1:50 AM AKST (10:50 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 14 km S of Venetie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-12-11 10:50:13 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 66.347° N, 147.386° 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.
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.936 km NNE of Beaver, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.944 km SSW of Birch Creek, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.120 km N of Stevens Village, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.933 km ENE of Livengood, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.248 km NNE of Stevens Village, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.843 km SW of Beaver, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.344 km SW of Beaver, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.872 km SE of Coldfoot, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.727 km WNW of Venetie, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.014 km S of Venetie, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.541 km NE of Livengood, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.644 km E of Stevens Village, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 2.84 km E of Beaver, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
- 1.915 km E of Stevens Village, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.239 km WSW of Venetie, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 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 ak019fuqnug4. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:16 PM UTC.