Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 22 km NW of Willow, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 22 km NW of Willow, Alaska on Tue, Nov 20, 2018, 8:09 AM AKST (17:09 UTC), 15 km (9 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
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-11-20 17:09:57 UTC
Depth
14.8 km (9.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.907° N, 150.312° 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
74

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 133 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.419 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.72 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.622 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 65 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 2.524 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 69 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 1.713 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 53 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 2.532 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  7. 1.644 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.828 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 109 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.520 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 39 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 1.637 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 86 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.932 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 61 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 1.628 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 75 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 2.510 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 2.920 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 72 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 1.712 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2868 days ago · 41 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 1.98 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 1.927 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 53 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 1.90 km WNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 1.52 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 67 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 2.747 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 77 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 1.55 km ESE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 1.630 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 1.64 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 80 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 1.533 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 64 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 1.98 km WNW of Chase, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 1.64 km NNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2866 days ago · 65 km deep · 100 km away
  27. 1.525 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 69 km deep · 42 km away
  28. 1.524 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 72 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 1.95 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
  30. 1.635 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 70 km deep · 60 km away
  31. 1.69 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 29 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 1.631 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2865 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 1.85 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away
  34. 1.631 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 51 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 1.544 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2864 days ago · 96 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 1.611 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 2.030 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 64 km deep · 13 km away
  38. 1.514 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 1.529 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 61 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 1.745 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 1.723 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 1.525 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 63 km deep · 36 km away
  43. 2.8Central Alaska · 2862 days ago · 51 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 1.720 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 2.228 km NNW of Chase, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
  46. 2.19 km WNW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  47. 1.734 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 7.11 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 47 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2,342 · PAGER orange · tsunami flag
  49. 4.54 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
  50. 4.65 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away
  51. 4.34 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 39 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  52. 5.87 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 41 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 122
  53. 4.97 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 46 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 4.08 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
  55. 3.610 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
  56. 3.15 km N of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 4.06 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away
  58. 4.07 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
  59. 4.51 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  60. 3.72 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.68 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 51 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 1.63 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 1.935 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2871 days ago · 72 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.927 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 61 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.18 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.516 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.316 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.735 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.52 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 39 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 1.632 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 67 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 1.616 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  12. 1.714 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.636 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 1.922 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 60 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 1.67 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 49 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 1.733 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 76 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 1.54 km NE of Knik, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 2.536 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 95 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.05 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 1.829 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak018ew4av6y (also filed as ak20384663). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:17 AM UTC.