Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 143 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 143 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska on Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 12:41 PM AKST (21:41 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 217 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-22 21:41:23 UTC
Depth
9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.348° N, 151.551° 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
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.1100 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 3.1134 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 2.5119 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 2.8204 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.9222 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 5.0217 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
  7. 2.6116 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 3.0215 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 3.7120 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 2.8203 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 3.2200 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.8198 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 4.2199 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 3.0110 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 3.0110 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 3.7114 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 2.5111 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 2.5106 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 2.5110 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 3.4116 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 3.3107 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.8110 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 2.9121 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 3.294 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 3.2104 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 2.6117 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 3.4139 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 2.8115 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 2.8116 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 2.5112 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 4.0119 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 3.4117 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 3.3139 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019gd42npg (also filed as us70006rlv). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:50 PM UTC.