Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 28 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 28 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska on Fri, Nov 29, 2019, 12:56 PM AKST (21:56 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 28 km WSW of Ester, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-11-29 21:56:22 UTC
Depth
18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.452° N, 147.473° 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
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.580 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.633 km ESE of Minto, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.928 km N of Whitestone, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 1.827 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.818 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 1.513 km S of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.47 km S of Ester, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 5
  8. 1.915 km WSW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.542 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 1.624 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.57 km N of North Pole, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 1.7Central Alaska · 2472 days ago · 103 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.822 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 99 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.78 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 1.551 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 114 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 2.345 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 104 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 1.922 km SSE of Minto, AK · 2458 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.546 km SW of Whitestone, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.638 km ESE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 1.59 km ESE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 2.323 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 2.18 km S of Ester, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 3.728 km WSW of Ester, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 295
  24. 1.510 km E of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 2.575 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  26. 1.976 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 1.624 km SW of North Pole, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 2.637 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 115 km deep · 58 km away
  29. 2.042 km E of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 1.626 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
  31. 1.854 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 2.19 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 2.45 km E of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 1.579 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 1.966 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.611 km E of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 1.57 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 111 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.532 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 2508 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.316 km SW of Ester, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
  6. 1.610 km NE of Badger, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 1.511 km NW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 1.518 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 1.573 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2520 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.477 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 2.08 km SE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.579 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019fb2spzq. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:44 PM UTC.