Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 47 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 47 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska on Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 9:13 PM AKST (06:13 UTC), 90 km (56 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-02-01 06:13:04 UTC
Depth
90.0 km (55.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
61.248° N, 151.939° 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
37

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 179 in the 60 days after this one and 115 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.67 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 1.511 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 67 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.526 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 67 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.556 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 96 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.727 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.324 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.642 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 121 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.911 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.747 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 86 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 4.357 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 94 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 149 · tsunami flag
  11. 1.670 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 109 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 2.016 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 65 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 1.623 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.554 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.254 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 99 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 1.928 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.614 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.544 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 99 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 1.650 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 104 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 1.715 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 70 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 1.770 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 113 km deep · 35 km away
  22. 1.621 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 70 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 1.613 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 66 km deep · 35 km away
  24. 1.55 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 83 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 2.023 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 1.714 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 1.556 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 116 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 1.677 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 132 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 2.071 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 115 km deep · 27 km away
  30. 1.762 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 1.526 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
  32. 1.616 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 1.630 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 84 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 2.48 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 1.610 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 51 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 1.531 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 88 km deep · 57 km away
  37. 3.547 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 101 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  38. 1.619 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 73 km deep · 28 km away
  39. 1.617 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 2.715 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.094 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 149 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 1.944 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 96 km deep · 29 km away
  43. 1.621 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 79 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 3.046 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 124 km deep · 53 km away
  45. 1.833 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 94 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 3.117 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 6
  47. 2.17 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 40 km deep · 100 km away
  48. 1.630 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 77 km deep · 43 km away
  49. 1.718 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 2.442 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 1.86 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 2.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 1.859 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 87 km deep · 29 km away
  54. 2.038 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 110 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 2.216 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 1.530 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
  57. 1.56 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 2.375 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 109 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  60. 1.512 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 77 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of 179.

Before

  1. 2.418 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 1.56 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.620 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.741 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 78 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.727 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 73 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 2.123 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.725 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.518 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.532 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 73 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.537 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 1.615 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 1.529 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.634 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 76 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 1.525 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 98 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 1.527 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 58 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 1.553 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 94 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 1.850 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 82 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.723 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 75 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 3.132 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.168 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 133 km deep · 42 km away

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