Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 33 km SE of Fox River, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 33 km SE of Fox River, Alaska on Sun, Dec 29, 2019, 10:07 AM AKST (19:07 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 1 km SW of Funny River, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-29 19:07:43 UTC
Depth
35.6 km (22.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.657° N, 150.519° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 90 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.528 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 43 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 3.426 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 5
  3. 2.315 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 64 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.65 km SSW of Homer, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 56 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.612 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.516 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.96 km ENE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 69 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.030 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 42 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.716 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.512 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 1.913 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 2.65 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.719 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.59 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.55 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.321 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 2.216 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.716 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 50 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 1.729 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 46 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.615 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 1.921 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 1.69 km ENE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 2.19 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 2.166 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 53 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 1.57 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
  26. 1.822 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 55 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 1.512 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 2.162 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 1.918 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 1.525 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 1.56 km SSW of Homer, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 1.628 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 1.518 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 1.74 km ENE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 3.439 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 7
  37. 1.537 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
  38. 1.613 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 2.13 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 189 km deep · 76 km away
  40. 2.824 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 3.332 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 44 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
  42. 1.518 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
  43. 1.88 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 58 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 2.429 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
  45. 1.64 km SSE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
  46. 2.115 km NW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
  47. 1.78 km SE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
  48. 1.87 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 1.616 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 1.624 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
  51. 1.813 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away
  52. 1.519 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
  53. 1.920 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 1.655 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  55. 1.511 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.56 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 77 km deep · 81 km away
  57. 2.36 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
  58. 1.86 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  59. 1.721 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
  60. 1.614 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 90.

Before

  1. 1.88 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.911 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.53 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.59 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.218 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.517 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 64 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.511 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 56 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.512 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 63 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 1.513 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 1.820 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 1.811 km ENE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.617 km SE of Kasilof, AK · 2472 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.718 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.027 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 1.618 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 1.731 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.03 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 2.212 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 61 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 4.026 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 47 · tsunami flag

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019gonft8c. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:41 PM UTC.