Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 18 km S of Funny River, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 18 km S of Funny River, Alaska on Fri, Dec 27, 2019, 2:42 PM AKST (23:42 UTC), 62 km (39 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-27 23:42:06 UTC
Depth
62.0 km (38.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.341° N, 150.797° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
77

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 192 in the 60 days after this one and 131 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.545 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 90 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.59 km SW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.53 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 62 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.618 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 1.526 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 53 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.628 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 2.218 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.88 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 58 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 1.820 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 43 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.628 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 43 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 1.839 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 89 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.533 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 1.614 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 53 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 2.38 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 1.528 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 43 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 2.315 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 64 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 1.629 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 1.53 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 54 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 1.65 km SSW of Homer, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.013 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 68 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 1.612 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 1.516 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 57 km deep · 14 km away
  24. 1.833 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 82 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 2.96 km ENE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  26. 1.95 km ENE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 1.555 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 94 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 2.019 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 58 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 2.030 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 42 km deep · 23 km away
  30. 2.3Southern Alaska · 2462 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 3.226 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 43 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 7
  32. 1.716 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 2.014 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
  34. 1.512 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 63 km deep · 22 km away
  35. 1.913 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
  36. 2.65 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 2.113 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 68 km deep · 60 km away
  38. 1.835 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 84 km deep · 75 km away
  39. 1.648 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 82 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 1.845 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 107 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 1.839 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 1.55 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 47 km deep · 18 km away
  43. 1.743 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 81 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 2.321 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  45. 2.619 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away
  46. 1.732 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 1.747 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 85 km deep · 94 km away
  49. 2.717 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 63 km deep · 65 km away
  50. 1.716 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 50 km deep · 54 km away
  51. 2.040 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 83 km deep · 95 km away
  52. 1.531 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 82 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 1.729 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 46 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.629 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 79 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 1.525 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
  56. 1.615 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 1.639 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 94 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 1.52 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 36 km deep · 24 km away
  59. 1.921 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 77 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 1.627 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 78 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 192.

Before

  1. 1.89 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 1.645 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.517 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.842 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 84 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.512 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 63 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 1.513 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 41 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 1.659 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.748 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 92 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.846 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.546 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 85 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.514 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 75 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.831 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 88 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.621 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 2.119 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 1.820 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 63 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 1.811 km ENE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.651 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 84 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.543 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 90 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 2.717 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.617 km SE of Kasilof, AK · 2473 days ago · 60 km deep · 21 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019gley9pl. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:01 AM UTC.