Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 72 km S of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 72 km S of Cantwell, Alaska on Fri, Sep 25, 2020, 8:26 AM AKDT (16:26 UTC), 59 km (36 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 63 km N of Chase, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-09-25 16:26:04 UTC
Depth
58.5 km (36.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.746° N, 148.805° 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
53

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 139 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.438 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 73 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 2.335 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.014 km W of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  4. 3.763 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 102 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  5. 2.2Central Alaska · 2196 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.522 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.812 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 1.932 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.171 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 1.950 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.046 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.859 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.838 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 58 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 1.673 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 118 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.831 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 104 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.928 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.110 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.546 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 98 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.246 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 84 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.054 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 83 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 1.636 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 1.753 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 1.755 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 107 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 1.851 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 84 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 1.636 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 68 km deep · 40 km away
  26. 1.969 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  27. 1.633 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 40 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 2.212 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  29. 1.673 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 104 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 1.947 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 86 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 1.725 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 81 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 2.578 km W of Paxson, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 2.733 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 83 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 1.745 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  35. 1.611 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 1.635 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 78 km deep · 60 km away
  37. 1.555 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 2.460 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 115 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 1.546 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away
  40. 2.847 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 76 km deep · 44 km away
  41. 1.619 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 1.535 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  43. 1.535 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  44. 2.163 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 2.366 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
  46. 1.829 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 1.935 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 105 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 2.243 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 101 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 1.710 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  50. 2.218 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  51. 1.923 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 2.430 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 1.79 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  54. 2.031 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 70 km deep · 63 km away
  55. 2.467 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 2.141 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  57. 1.916 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  58. 2.437 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  59. 1.97 km W of Chase, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
  60. 1.753 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 139.

Before

  1. 2.810 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  2. 1.69 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.89 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 4.011 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 20
  5. 2.537 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 69 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 1.659 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 66 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 2.869 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.546 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 68 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 2.016 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.955 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 103 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.753 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 1.756 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 61 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 1.526 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 79 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.925 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 86 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.114 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 3.066 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.234 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 1.548 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.048 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 1.653 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 97 km deep · 95 km away

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