Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 87 km E of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 87 km E of Cantwell, Alaska on Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 12:55 AM AKST (09:55 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 47 km S of Cantwell, 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
2020-11-13 09:55:37 UTC
Depth
63.0 km (39.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.428° N, 147.209° 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
51

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.969 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 1.868 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 2.849 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.654 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 1.636 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 74 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 3.247 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.631 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 2.118 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.58 km SE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.747 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.767 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 2.030 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.948 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.731 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 2.578 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.645 km WSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 2.768 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.557 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  19. 1.547 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.718 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 93 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 1.634 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 2.212 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 3.029 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 2.164 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 1.530 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 75 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 1.761 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 66 km deep · 71 km away
  27. 1.830 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 1.549 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 1.622 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 102 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 1.67 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  31. 1.657 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 72 km deep · 31 km away
  32. 1.546 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 1.514 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 1.589 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  35. 2.010 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 93 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 2.961 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 1.638 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 1.535 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 1.685 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  40. 2.386 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away

Before

  1. 1.623 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 76 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.575 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.14 km S of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.528 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.864 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 64 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.066 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 1.647 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.964 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 1.878 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 3.245 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.756 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.261 km NW of Cantwell, AK · 2161 days ago · 71 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 1.977 km NNW of Cantwell, AK · 2163 days ago · 62 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.844 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.660 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 1.631 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 70 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 1.756 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 1.682 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 1.867 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 1.926 km N of Paxson, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away

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