Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 43 km W of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 43 km W of Cantwell, Alaska on Wed, Nov 11, 2020, 7:27 AM AKST (16:27 UTC), 101 km (63 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 51 km ESE of Denali National Park, 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
2020-11-11 16:27:35 UTC
Depth
100.6 km (62.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.334° N, 149.815° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 188 in the 60 days after this one and 106 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.5Central Alaska · 2150 days ago · 124 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.653 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.754 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 1.851 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.861 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 109 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 2.150 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.623 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 76 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 1.660 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 131 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 1.641 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 103 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.663 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 103 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 1.862 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 132 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 2.148 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 105 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.764 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 105 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 1.939 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 68 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.861 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 120 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.535 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 91 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.034 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 69 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 1.614 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 2.063 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 124 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 2.161 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 125 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 1.737 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 1.663 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 105 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 1.556 km SSE of Petersville, AK · 2144 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 1.957 km SE of Petersville, AK · 2144 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 1.632 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 114 km deep · 40 km away
  26. 1.738 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 2.849 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 1.651 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 107 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 1.645 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  30. 1.751 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 104 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 1.756 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 1.654 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 1.910 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 109 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 3.050 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 118 km deep · 26 km away
  35. 1.847 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 111 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 1.956 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 91 km deep · 44 km away
  37. 1.78 km NW of Healy, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 112 km deep · 73 km away
  38. 1.874 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 113 km deep · 31 km away
  39. 1.861 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 125 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 1.714 km NE of Petersville, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 1.741 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 96 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 1.668 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 110 km deep · 42 km away
  43. 1.674 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 113 km deep · 37 km away
  44. 1.550 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 1.77 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 1.554 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 84 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 2.027 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 1.671 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 114 km deep · 42 km away
  49. 1.573 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 112 km deep · 35 km away
  50. 1.564 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 127 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 1.636 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
  52. 2.364 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 118 km deep · 66 km away
  53. 1.638 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 3.247 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  55. 1.866 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 129 km deep · 44 km away
  56. 1.658 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 126 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 1.5Central Alaska · 2136 days ago · 110 km deep · 60 km away
  58. 1.753 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 1.668 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  60. 2.118 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 188.

Before

  1. 1.768 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 117 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 1.654 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 110 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.668 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 114 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 2.533 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.14 km S of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 1.849 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 107 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.864 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.572 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.035 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 90 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.769 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 120 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 1.864 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 128 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.530 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.326 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.546 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.647 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 1.672 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 111 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 1.959 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 75 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 3.245 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 2.245 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 1.753 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 106 km deep · 89 km away

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