Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 2 km NNW of Houston, Alaska

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 2 km NNW of Houston, Alaska on Thu, Nov 28, 2019, 3:19 PM AKST (00:19 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 15 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Houston forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-11-29 00:19:35 UTC
Depth
42.0 km (26.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.648° N, 149.832° 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
113

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 150 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.737 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.74 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 2.530 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 1.51 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 1.54 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 44 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 1.915 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 58 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  7. 1.67 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 61 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.08 km E of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 1.512 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.727 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.68 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 1.65 km ESE of Houston, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 1.714 km NNW of Girdwood, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  14. 1.63 km NNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 57 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.628 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 1.744 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.626 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 59 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 1.510 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 77 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.34 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 44 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 1.718 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
  22. 1.729 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 1.512 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 1.533 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 48 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 2.38 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
  26. 1.621 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 67 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 2.017 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 2.026 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 1.648 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 83 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 1.536 km E of Knik River, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 1.510 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 71 km deep · 82 km away
  32. 1.827 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  33. 1.94 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 39 km deep · 32 km away
  34. 1.53 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 1.518 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 44 km deep · 32 km away
  36. 1.831 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 1.830 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 1.55 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
  39. 2.932 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 3.019 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 54 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
  41. 2.127 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
  42. 2.024 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 55 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 1.631 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 2.35 km NW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 1.75 km WSW of Beluga, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 59 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 1.942 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 1.96 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 79 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 1.53 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away
  49. 1.917 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  50. 3.58 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 57 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 11
  51. 1.55 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
  52. 2.221 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
  53. 1.68 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 2.220 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 1.725 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 1.819 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 1.50 km N of Willow, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 38 km deep · 16 km away
  58. 2.211 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 34 km deep · 28 km away
  59. 1.649 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 83 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 1.932 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 2.08 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 36 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 1.69 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 40 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.90 km ENE of Houston, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 40 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.726 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 62 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 1.63 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 38 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 1.58 km N of Point Possession, AK · 2498 days ago · 40 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.81 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.3Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.042 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.55 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 49 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 1.524 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.64 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 2.025 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.927 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 1.51 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 52 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 2.38 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 42 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 1.921 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.524 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 1.815 km S of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 1.51 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 42 km deep · 14 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019faq2pp5 (also filed as us70006ea6). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:18 AM UTC.