M1.5 earthquake 40 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 40 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska on Sun, Jan 5, 2020, 12:49 AM AKST (09:49 UTC), 75 km (46 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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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-05 09:49:19 UTC
- Depth
- 74.7 km (46.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.334° N, 151.717° 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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 171 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.524 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 65 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.02 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.56 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.63 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.817 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.619 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2457 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.849 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 80 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.717 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 63 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.040 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 83 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 2456 days ago · 115 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.531 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 82 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.619 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 59 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2455 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.534 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.19 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.041 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 91 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.53 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.620 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 51 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.648 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 103 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.627 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 78 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.53 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.723 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.219 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 6
- 2.326 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 79 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.710 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.645 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.544 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.736 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 101 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.777 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 129 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.644 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.644 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.537 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 104 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.93 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 80 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.16 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.821 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.842 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.632 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 74 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.383 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 131 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.02 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.13 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.841 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 108 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.59 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 54 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.723 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 54 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.95 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 40 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 114 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.24 km NW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.737 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 68 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 109 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.267 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 109 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.33 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 52 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 57
- 2.629 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 79 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.619 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.513 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.648 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 82 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.835 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 84 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.113 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 68 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.642 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 84 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.112 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 83 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.532 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 98 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.45 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.713 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.65 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.660 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 96 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.014 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.620 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 72 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 2461 days ago · 48 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.226 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 70 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.019 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 58 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.62 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.152 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 110 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 94 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.534 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.13 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
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