Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Thu, Dec 26, 2019, 11:02 PM AKST (08:02 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 70 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-27 08:02:58 UTC
Depth
36.5 km (22.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.119° N, 147.462° 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
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.667 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.545 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.628 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.016 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.69 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.442 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 1.717 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.543 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 1.767 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.6Central Alaska · 2459 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 1.638 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 1.839 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.520 km W of Glacier View, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.938 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 2.361 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2456 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 1.717 km WNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 34 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 1.536 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.539 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.837 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 1.846 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 2.231 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 3.576 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 1.827 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 2.780 km NW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  26. 3.822 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 55
  27. 1.724 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 2.751 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 2.473 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 1.529 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 1.935 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 4.070 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 18
  33. 1.745 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 1.636 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 1.849 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 2.179 km NW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 1.76 km S of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 34 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 1.822 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 1.976 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
  40. 1.923 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 1.639 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 1.727 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 1.610 km WSW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away
  44. 1.637 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  45. 1.98 km NE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
  46. 1.536 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 1.650 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 2.226 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 1.545 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
  50. 1.539 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 2.08 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
  52. 2.043 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
  53. 1.634 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 1.839 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 2.445 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 1.534 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 3.343 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  58. 1.644 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 1.813 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 2.651 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away

The first 60 of 104.

Before

  1. 2.125 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 41 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.516 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 1.517 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.826 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 1.620 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.656 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 1.636 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.252 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 1.652 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.635 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.426 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 1.619 km WSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 1.524 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 1.630 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.145 km N of Valdez, AK · 2473 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.518 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 1.829 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 1.629 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 1.98 km SW of Nelchina, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 1.944 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019gl5sb1h. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:26 PM UTC.