Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 8 km NE of Houston, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 8 km NE of Houston, Alaska on Tue, Nov 20, 2018, 7:19 AM AKST (16:19 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M7.1 1 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-11-20 16:19:19 UTC
Depth
51.3 km (31.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.684° N, 149.708° 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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 121 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.122 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 2.419 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 1.72 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.622 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.524 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.713 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 53 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 2.532 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.644 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.65 km E of Sunrise, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.520 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 39 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 1.932 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.628 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 2.510 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.920 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 1.712 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 1.98 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 1.927 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 53 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 1.55 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.90 km WNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 1.52 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 1.55 km ESE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 1.630 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 1.64 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 80 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 1.533 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 64 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 1.98 km WNW of Chase, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 1.525 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 69 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 1.524 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 72 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 1.95 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
  29. 1.635 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 1.69 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
  31. 1.85 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 44 km deep · 13 km away
  32. 1.631 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 51 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 1.611 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 2.030 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 64 km deep · 51 km away
  35. 1.514 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
  36. 1.529 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 61 km deep · 57 km away
  37. 1.723 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 1.525 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
  39. 2.8Central Alaska · 2867 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 1.720 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
  41. 2.110 km WSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
  42. 2.19 km WNW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  43. 1.734 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 7.11 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2,342 · PAGER orange · tsunami flag
  45. 4.54 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 47 km deep · 35 km away
  46. 4.65 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away
  47. 4.34 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 39 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  48. 5.87 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 41 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 122
  49. 4.97 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 46 km deep · 46 km away
  50. 4.08 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 41 km deep · 32 km away
  51. 3.610 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
  52. 3.15 km N of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
  53. 4.06 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 43 km deep · 32 km away
  54. 4.07 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away
  55. 4.51 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 43 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  56. 3.72 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 37 km deep · 22 km away
  57. 3.38 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 32 km deep · 31 km away
  58. 3.58 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 40 km deep · 31 km away
  59. 3.14 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 46 km deep · 26 km away
  60. 3.01 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 36 km deep · 24 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.63 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 42 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 1.935 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.927 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.18 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.316 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 2.735 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.52 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 39 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 1.632 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 67 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.616 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 42 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.714 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 66 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.636 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.922 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 1.67 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 49 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 1.54 km NE of Knik, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 2.05 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.829 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.026 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 2.818 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.5Southern Alaska · 2883 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 2.442 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018ew3rhsf (also filed as ak20384639). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:12 AM UTC.