Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 72 km NW of Paxson, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 72 km NW of Paxson, Alaska on Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 4:56 PM AKST (01:56 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 64 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-22 01:56:49 UTC
Depth
0.5 km (0.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.501° N, 146.726° 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
48

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.073 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.973 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.074 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.074 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 1.822 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 99 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.559 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 1.774 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 1.551 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 114 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.573 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 2.243 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.735 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 2.379 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 74 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.642 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 2.9Central Alaska · 2459 days ago · 71 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 2.345 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 104 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.546 km SW of Whitestone, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 2.780 km NW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.722 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.836 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.575 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 1.976 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 2.267 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
  23. 2.179 km NW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 1.756 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 1.626 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  26. 1.854 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
  27. 1.523 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 2.239 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 197 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 1.579 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  30. 1.877 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  31. 1.678 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  32. 1.932 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 1.551 km N of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 3.164 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 1.938 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 1.763 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 1.541 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 1.584 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away

Before

  1. 1.772 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.071 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.635 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.961 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 2.381 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 1.662 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.542 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.532 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.830 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.770 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 1.563 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.961 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.631 km ENE of Paxson, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.529 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 1.580 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 1.781 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.337 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.580 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 2.729 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.732 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away

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