Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 51 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 51 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska on Fri, Nov 6, 2020, 3:59 PM AKST (00:59 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 11 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-11-07 00:59:08 UTC
Depth
46.5 km (28.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
57.145° N, 154.942° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.5109 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.161 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 76 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 1.610 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.3Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.723 km ESE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.829 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.184 km ENE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.582 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.633 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 1.798 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 1.633 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 64 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 1.7110 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.520 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 51 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 1.943 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 81 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.127 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 34 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.624 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.682 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.272 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 72 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.167 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 72 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 1.826 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 1.762 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 1.883 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 75 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 2.99 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 52 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 3.176 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 2.024 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  26. 2.4113 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 1.624 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  28. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2128 days ago · 83 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 1.960 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 73 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 1.616 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 1.563 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 81 km deep · 48 km away
  32. 1.551 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 83 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 1.911 km NNE of Larsen Bay, AK · 2119 days ago · 67 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 1.813 km ENE of Karluk, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 56 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 1.822 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
  36. 2.565 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 84 km deep · 51 km away
  37. 1.65 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
  38. 1.542 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 47 km deep · 13 km away
  39. 1.872 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
  40. 1.759 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 59 km deep · 27 km away
  41. 2.152 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 81 km deep · 41 km away
  42. 1.876 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 81 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 2.371 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 2.149 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  45. 1.623 km SSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
  46. 1.630 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  47. 3.125 km S of Karluk, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 1.563 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 2.426 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 1.948 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  51. 2.288 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 83 km deep · 47 km away
  52. 1.662 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 79 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 1.658 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 78 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 4.911 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 83 · tsunami flag
  55. 2.129 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 50 km deep · 31 km away
  56. 1.519 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
  57. 3.4113 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 75 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 1.569 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 99 km deep · 86 km away
  59. 1.943 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 70 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 1.629 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 78 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.78.9 km N of Akhiok, AK · 2156 days ago · 47 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 1.930 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 64 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.437.1 km E of Akhiok, AK · 2158 days ago · 53 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 1.922 km NNW of Karluk, AK · 2158 days ago · 29 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.557 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 1.537 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 71 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 2.998 km W of Akhiok, AK · 2159 days ago · 53 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 1.526 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 64 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 2.071 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 90 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.550 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 67 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 1.860 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 77 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.022 km ENE of Akhiok, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.980 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 59 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 2.180 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.458 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 62 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 1.759 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 75 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 1.525 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 1.727 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 63 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 3.025 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020ec00xza. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:52 AM UTC.