Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 6 km NNW of Hope, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 6 km NNW of Hope, Alaska on Wed, Aug 7, 2019, 5:16 AM AKDT (13:16 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 6 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-08-07 13:16:29 UTC
Depth
29.8 km (18.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.966° N, 149.699° 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
56

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 180 in the 60 days after this one and 99 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.51 km ENE of Houston, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 3.18 km WNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 32 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.02 km SSW of Knik, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2609 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.15 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 43 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 1.512 km E of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 1.97 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 44 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 1.56 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 1.716 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.520 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 1.523 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 40 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 2.78 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.718 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 1.712 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 57 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 3.25 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 67
  16. 1.614 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.93 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.87 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.24 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 1.84 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 2.117 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 2.46 km ESE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 53 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2603 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2603 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 1.514 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 1.56 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 2.05 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 2.23 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 31 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 2.010 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 2.228 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 60 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 2.3Southern Alaska · 2600 days ago · 39 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 1.59 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 36 km deep · 55 km away
  33. 1.813 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 47 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 1.93 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
  35. 2.523 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 47 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.713 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 52 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
  37. 1.511 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 1.66 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 1.928 km WNW of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 54 km deep · 82 km away
  40. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
  41. 1.56 km NW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 2.14 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.55 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 1.63 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 45 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 3.19 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 15
  46. 1.915 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 2.53 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.57 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
  49. 1.78 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 44 km deep · 75 km away
  50. 1.99 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 1.89 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  52. 1.56 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 39 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 1.735 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 2.34 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away
  55. 2.09 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 4.16 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 827 · tsunami flag
  57. 2.26 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away
  58. 2.27 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
  59. 1.815 km WNW of Whittier, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
  60. 2.17 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away

The first 60 of 180.

Before

  1. 2.24 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 57 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.039 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.839 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.94 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 11
  5. 1.935 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.60 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  7. 1.82 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 4.03 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 427 · tsunami flag
  9. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 1.822 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 52 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 2.59 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.35 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 29 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.74 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 38 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 1.52 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 44 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.26 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 1.96 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 1.613 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.07 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 53 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 1.718 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 56 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.03 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019a2ej4pm. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:41 PM UTC.