Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 8 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 8 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska on Mon, Dec 9, 2019, 8:29 PM AKST (05:29 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-10 05:29:09 UTC
Depth
13.3 km (8.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.977° N, 150.797° 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
36

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 168 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.220 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 1.819 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 47 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 1.50 km N of Willow, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.211 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 1.715 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.038 km WNW of Seward, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.649 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 83 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.654 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 94 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.615 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 77 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 1.612 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 1.620 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 42 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.967 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 112 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.611 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 42 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 3.210 km NNE of Sunrise, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 33
  15. 1.510 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.538 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 1.522 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.810 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 1.658 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 99 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 2.350 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 98 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 1.664 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 121 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 1.56 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 2.129 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 2.136 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 1.823 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 2.66 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 41 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 1.67 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 41 km deep · 42 km away
  28. 1.96 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 41 km deep · 43 km away
  29. 2.526 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away
  30. 1.56 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
  31. 1.670 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 134 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 1.714 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 45 km deep · 56 km away
  33. 2.031 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 1.714 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 1.927 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 70 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 4.115 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 226 · tsunami flag
  37. 1.69 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 57 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 2.816 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  39. 1.630 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 52 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 1.857 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 101 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 1.524 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 76 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 1.66 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 4.153 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 104 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 87 · tsunami flag
  45. 3.24 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 23
  46. 1.85 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 1.87 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
  48. 1.821 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 65 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2477 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 1.613 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 58 km deep · 25 km away
  51. 1.810 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
  52. 2.75 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 1.519 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 62 km deep · 37 km away
  54. 1.918 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 1.85 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 1.833 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 2.212 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
  58. 1.53 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away
  59. 1.743 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 79 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 2.223 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 44 km deep · 21 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 2.221 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 2.417 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.08 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 3.58 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 57 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 11
  5. 1.53 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2486 days ago · 109 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 1.942 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.75 km WSW of Beluga, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 59 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 1.716 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 2.35 km NW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 70 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 1.631 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 71 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.024 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 55 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 1.720 km NNE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 3.019 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 54 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 4
  15. 2.932 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 64 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 1.55 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.831 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 1.67 km S of Kasilof, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 62 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.136 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 93 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.518 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019ft00sg0. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:59 AM UTC.