Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 26 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 26 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska on Thu, Aug 29, 2019, 5:30 AM AKDT (13:30 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 67 km S of Glacier View, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-08-29 13:30:56 UTC
Depth
0.1 km (0.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.989° N, 148.482° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 156 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.19 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 3.121 km SSW of Sunrise, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 7
  3. 2.05 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.53 km N of Knik, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.053 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 3.27 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 24
  7. 2.98 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.87 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.143 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.545 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.67 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.87 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.020 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 1.831 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.536 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.96 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 12
  19. 1.95 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, AK · 2582 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.112 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 1.55 km S of Houston, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 54 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 1.553 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 1.942 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 2.33 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 2.243 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 1.94 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 42 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 1.74 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 1.654 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 1.88 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 2.729 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 1.66 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 2.03 km SSW of Knik, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 48 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 2.26 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 1.79 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 2.96 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 11
  37. 1.553 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  38. 1.95 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 2.416 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 6
  40. 1.97 km W of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
  41. 1.542 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  42. 1.94 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2570 days ago · 49 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 1.544 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 1.75 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 1.53 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  47. 1.66 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 1.67 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 3.07 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2566 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  50. 1.948 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 1.55 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 1.514 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
  53. 1.527 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 1.730 km E of Knik River, Alaska · 2565 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
  55. 1.57 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
  56. 1.84 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 2.19 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 2.835 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 2.041 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2564 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  60. 2.11 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 156.

Before

  1. 2.431 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.96 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2588 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.17 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.815 km WNW of Whittier, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 2.27 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.26 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 4.16 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 827 · tsunami flag
  9. 2.420 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.34 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.735 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.56 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.57 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 2.53 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.919 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.63 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.55 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2596 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.65 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.66 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2597 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.145 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019b2sftp0. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:22 AM UTC.