Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 20 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 20 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska on Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 7:02 PM AKST (04:02 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 47 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-29 04:02:41 UTC
Depth
43.1 km (26.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.029° N, 150.370° 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
41

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 173 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.623 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.517 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.628 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 1.519 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 46 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 1.614 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 1.817 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.51 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 50 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.38 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 2.95 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 42 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 4
  10. 1.73 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 1.53 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 54 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 2.34 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 54 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.22 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 37 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 2.013 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 68 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.226 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 1.516 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 57 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 1.833 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 82 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.95 km ENE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.13 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 1.534 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 74 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 2.08 km SW of Knik, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
  22. 1.67 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 1.62 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 2.019 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 58 km deep · 37 km away
  25. 2.226 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 2.3Southern Alaska · 2461 days ago · 48 km deep · 8 km away
  27. 2.99 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 39 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 12
  28. 3.226 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 43 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 7
  29. 1.64 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 1.53 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 50 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 2.014 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 58 km deep · 34 km away
  32. 1.65 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 1.713 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
  34. 2.45 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.512 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 1.642 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 84 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 2.113 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 1.835 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 84 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 1.540 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 75 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 1.524 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 65 km deep · 80 km away
  41. 2.02 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 32 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 2.56 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away
  43. 1.55 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 1.63 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 43 km deep · 41 km away
  45. 2.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
  46. 1.817 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 62 km deep · 46 km away
  47. 2.619 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 56 km deep · 40 km away
  48. 2.59 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2457 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
  50. 1.849 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 2.717 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 63 km deep · 37 km away
  52. 1.87 km S of Knik, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 2.040 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 83 km deep · 82 km away
  54. 1.531 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 82 km deep · 75 km away
  55. 1.619 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
  56. 1.525 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away
  57. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2455 days ago · 38 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.44 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.534 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  60. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away

The first 60 of 200.

Before

  1. 2.218 km S of Anchorage, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 37 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 1.628 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 36 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 1.87 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 53 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.618 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.55 km SW of Houston, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 51 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.74 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.218 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.89 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 2.04 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 1.64 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.84 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2469 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.510 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 1.525 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 48 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 1.73 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 1.726 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 61 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 3.016 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
  19. 1.611 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.514 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 75 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019goeh8a8. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:01 PM UTC.