Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 33 km ESE of Minto, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 33 km ESE of Minto, Alaska on Mon, Dec 2, 2019, 2:21 AM AKST (11:21 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 28 km WSW of Ester, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-02 11:21:50 UTC
Depth
11.3 km (7.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
65.014° N, 148.726° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.827 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 1.513 km S of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.47 km S of Ester, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 30 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 5
  4. 1.915 km WSW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.811 km NW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.06 km ESE of Rampart, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.624 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 1.933 km ENE of Livengood, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.824 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 1.57 km N of North Pole, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.332 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 1.78 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 1.819 km E of Minto, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 1.922 km SSE of Minto, AK · 2458 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 1.59 km ESE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.323 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 2.18 km S of Ester, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 3.728 km WSW of Ester, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 295
  19. 2.029 km S of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.510 km E of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 2.220 km SSW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 1.624 km SW of North Pole, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 2.211 km SSW of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 2.19 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 2.45 km E of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 1.541 km NE of Livengood, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 2.432 km WNW of Anderson, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 2.11 km WNW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
  29. 1.726 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 1.528 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.611 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.532 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 2.316 km SW of Ester, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
  5. 1.610 km NE of Badger, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 2.327 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 1.528 km ENE of Livengood, Alaska · 2518 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 1.518 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 2.08 km SE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019ffv8zij. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:37 PM UTC.