Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 61 km W of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 61 km W of Cantwell, Alaska on Wed, Nov 20, 2019, 12:28 AM AKST (09:28 UTC), 117 km (72 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 49 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-11-20 09:28:01 UTC
Depth
116.6 km (72.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.409° N, 150.171° 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
36

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 92 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.338 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2506 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 1.549 km WSW of Cantwell, AK · 2506 days ago · 101 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2506 days ago · 133 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 1.553 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2506 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.57 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 111 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.463 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 114 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.544 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 101 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 1.617 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 110 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 1.665 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 100 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.846 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.553 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 2.140 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 99 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 1.527 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 142 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 2.733 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.835 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 96 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 1.955 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 1.555 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 123 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 1.653 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 107 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.170 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 120 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 2.462 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 119 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2501 days ago · 128 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 1.941 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 4.049 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 87 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
  24. 1.738 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 1.561 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 125 km deep · 33 km away
  26. 1.532 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 92 km deep · 80 km away
  27. 1.560 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 84 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 2.236 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  29. 1.643 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 1.954 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 108 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 1.575 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 110 km deep · 31 km away
  32. 2.729 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 1.931 km SW of Cantwell, AK · 2497 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 1.564 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 117 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 1.562 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 120 km deep · 33 km away
  36. 1.523 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 117 km deep · 51 km away
  37. 1.665 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 102 km deep · 40 km away
  38. 1.615 km W of Healy, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 116 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 1.534 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 94 km deep · 85 km away
  40. 1.556 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 139 km deep · 7 km away
  41. 1.551 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 90 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 1.661 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 123 km deep · 60 km away
  43. 1.546 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 1.651 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 3.357 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 126 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.667 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 117 km deep · 35 km away
  47. 1.642 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 2.067 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 124 km deep · 45 km away
  49. 2.567 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  50. 1.558 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 113 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 1.529 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  52. 1.845 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 97 km deep · 21 km away
  53. 1.567 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 98 km deep · 26 km away
  54. 1.964 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away
  55. 1.660 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  56. 1.529 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 1.667 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 120 km deep · 41 km away
  58. 2.138 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 120 km deep · 35 km away
  59. 2.755 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  60. 1.769 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 117 km deep · 22 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.6Central Alaska · 2507 days ago · 89 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.560 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2507 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 1.969 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 126 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 1.850 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 114 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.745 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 72 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.358 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 64 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.923 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 1.646 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 95 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 2.434 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 98 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.658 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 115 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.665 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 130 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.860 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 123 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 1.956 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 77 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.066 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 111 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 3.360 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.242 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 1.963 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 129 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 2.233 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.548 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.453 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away

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