Alaska earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 106 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 106 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska on Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 5:10 PM AKST (02:10 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 114 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-22 02:10:01 UTC
Depth
3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.447° N, 152.243° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.5111 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 3.7114 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 3.0110 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 3.0110 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 2.9143 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 3.1100 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 3.1134 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 2.5119 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 2.6116 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 1.634 km ESE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 3.7120 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 2.8203 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away

Before

  1. 2.5110 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 3.4116 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 3.3107 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 2.8110 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 2.9121 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 3.294 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 3.2104 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 2.6117 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 3.4139 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 2.8115 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 2.8116 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.5112 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 4.0119 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 3.4117 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 3.3139 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 3.2130 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 4.7116 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 4.6117 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away · tsunami flag
  19. 2.8123 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 3.9124 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019gcskkdg (also filed as us70006rlm). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:40 PM UTC.