Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 7 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 7 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska on Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 9:54 AM AKST (18:54 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 39 km NE of Fox River, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-17 18:54:17 UTC
Depth
17.4 km (10.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.502° N, 149.236° 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
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2477 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.557 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.918 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 1.519 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 1.731 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.227 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 52 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 1.727 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.145 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.546 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.655 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.218 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  13. 1.618 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 53 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 1.87 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.628 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.218 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.820 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 1.628 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 1.614 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.38 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  22. 1.528 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 1.95 km ENE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  24. 1.855 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 2.019 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 2.030 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 2.3Southern Alaska · 2461 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 3.226 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
  29. 1.55 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 1.716 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 1.827 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 1.926 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 1.725 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 1.729 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.525 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 1.615 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 1.52 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 1.94 km NE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 3.219 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 54 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 6
  40. 1.512 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 1.536 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  42. 1.918 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 58 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 1.737 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 2.251 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 1.822 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  46. 2.019 km SW of Knik River, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 1.719 km WSW of Whittier, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  48. 1.74 km ENE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
  49. 1.68 km NNW of Whittier, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
  50. 1.515 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 48 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 2.841 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.528 km NE of Whittier, AK · 2443 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  53. 3.439 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 7
  54. 1.537 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 1.940 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  56. 1.837 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 3.47 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 33
  58. 1.552 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 2.429 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  60. 1.522 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of 84.

Before

  1. 1.714 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.96 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.67 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.66 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.136 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.530 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.56 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.114 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 3.210 km NNE of Sunrise, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 33
  10. 1.611 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.620 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.038 km WNW of Seward, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.715 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 1.819 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 1.68 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 2.417 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.08 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 61 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.720 km NNE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 2.435 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 1.648 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019g4so87e. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC.