Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 15 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 15 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska on Sun, Sep 27, 2020, 11:02 PM AKDT (07:02 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 2 km E of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-09-28 07:02:25 UTC
Depth
38.5 km (23.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.191° N, 150.182° 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
49

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 189 in the 60 days after this one and 129 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.427 km SW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  2. 1.531 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.52 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 2.2Central Alaska · 2196 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.520 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.624 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 37 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.532 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 76 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.651 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 90 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.627 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 78 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.85 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 39 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 1.655 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.742 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.646 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 90 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 1.513 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 2.022 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 2.121 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 2.021 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 75 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.623 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 2.82 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 39 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 2.04 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 39 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 1.58 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 43 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 1.65 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 38 km deep · 28 km away
  23. 1.610 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 1.621 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 1.910 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 47 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 1.617 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 52 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 1.622 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 38 km deep · 18 km away
  28. 1.917 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 1.95 km SSW of Houston, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 1.724 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 74 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 2.62 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 58 km deep · 55 km away
  32. 1.924 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 2.23 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 40 km deep · 36 km away
  34. 2.030 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 69 km deep · 83 km away
  35. 1.620 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  36. 1.726 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 1.546 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 87 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 1.521 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 81 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 2.15 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
  40. 1.56 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
  41. 1.64 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 38 km deep · 34 km away
  42. 2.116 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
  43. 2.214 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 48 km deep · 66 km away
  44. 2.18 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 37 km deep · 15 km away
  45. 2.349 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 94 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 3.07 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 39 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 6
  47. 2.222 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 50 km deep · 9 km away
  48. 4.131 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 69 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 316 · tsunami flag
  49. 1.69 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 45 km deep · 13 km away
  50. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2187 days ago · 37 km deep · 25 km away
  51. 2.35 km SE of Willow, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.733 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 81 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 1.79 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away
  54. 1.66 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 53 km deep · 47 km away
  55. 3.334 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 51 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.835 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 1.911 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 1.526 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 64 km deep · 46 km away
  59. 2.66 km S of Houston, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 44 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 12
  60. 1.826 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away

The first 60 of 189.

Before

  1. 1.513 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 72 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 3.012 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 40 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.44 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 38 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 2.38 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 42 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 1.738 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2198 days ago · 37 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 2.12 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 64 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 2.311 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 1.96 km W of Fishhook, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 1.854 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 88 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.529 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 46 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.633 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.512 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 2.421 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.513 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 1.817 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.541 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 1.611 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.78 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 2.016 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away

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