M1.8 earthquake 17 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 17 km WSW of Aleneva, Alaska on Sun, Sep 20, 2020, 7:00 PM AKDT (03:00 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 36 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-21 03:00:18 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.026° N, 153.195° 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
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.136 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 52 km deep · 35 km away · tsunami flag
- 3.034 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 63 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.573 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 67 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.628 km S of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.517 km SE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.974 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 83 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.067 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.988 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 84 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.014 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 47 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.546 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 60 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.987 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.36 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.522 km SSE of Karluk, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Kodiak, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 51 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.632 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 39 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.626 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 46 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.360 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.911 km SSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.885 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.633 km WSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.888 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.588 km SSE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.778 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 85 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.624 km WNW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.850 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 74 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.830 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 57 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 76 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.570 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 76 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.731 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 56 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.774 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.922 km NNW of Karluk, AK · 2161 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.538.9 km E of Aleneva, AK · 2161 days ago · 68 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.490 km S of Aleneva, AK · 2160 days ago · 71 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.614 km SW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 34 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.678 km SSW of Nanwalek, AK · 2159 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.614 km SSE of Womens Bay, AK · 2159 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 1.7Alaska Peninsula · 2157 days ago · 71 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.674 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 78 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.537 km WSW of Port Lions, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 46 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.645 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 59 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.610 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.978 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.124 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 44 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.3Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.723 km ESE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.892 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 88 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.048 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 62 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.883 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.973 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.983 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.093 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 83 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.578 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 85 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Karluk, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 51 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.127 km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.711 km SSW of Womens Bay, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away
Before
- 2.248 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.538 km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 55 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.581 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.565 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.945 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.862 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 68 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.727 km NE of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.570 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.661 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 65 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.810 km ESE of Karluk, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.259 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 83 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.652 km NNE of Karluk, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.010 km W of Larsen Bay, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.344 km SSW of Chiniak, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.232 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 66 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.764 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.657 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 72 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.179 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.121 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 47 km deep · 27 km away
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