Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Thu, Apr 2, 2020, 5:18 AM AKDT (13:18 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 71 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-04-02 13:18:11 UTC
Depth
7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.223° N, 149.888° 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
47

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 128 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.527 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.568 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 105 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.033 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2371 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.624 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2371 days ago · 45 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 1.96 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.66 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2370 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.827 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 81 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.842 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.616 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 1.511 km W of Susitna North, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 2.09 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 1.756 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 1.860 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.86 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.925 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.026 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 59 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 1.630 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 2.159 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 97 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.527 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 2.025 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 1.957 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 1.622 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 1.657 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 2.035 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 1.852 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 116 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 2.158 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 104 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 2.233 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 1.83 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 30 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 2.266 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 2.230 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 1.682 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 1.549 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 1.949 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 88 km deep · 79 km away
  35. 1.763 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 108 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 1.913 km SE of Lazy Mountain, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 1.532 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 80 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 1.850 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 76 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 1.561 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 99 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 2.447 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 90 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 1.79 km SSE of Willow, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away
  42. 3.16 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 8
  43. 1.727 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 46 km deep · 29 km away
  44. 2.218 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
  45. 2.31 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
  46. 1.85 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 49 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 2.04 km SSW of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 4
  48. 1.724 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 1.526 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  50. 1.826 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 206 km deep · 77 km away
  51. 2.21 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away
  52. 1.511 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 46 km deep · 43 km away
  53. 1.928 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
  54. 1.527 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 57 km deep · 57 km away
  55. 1.528 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 89 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 2.033 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 53 km deep · 42 km away
  57. 1.69 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 1.815 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 68 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 1.631 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 74 km deep · 60 km away
  60. 1.847 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 100 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 3.954 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.511 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 2.4Southern Alaska · 2373 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
  5. 1.73 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.563 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 101 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.017 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.57 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.311 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 2.526 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 54 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.625 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 1.522 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.935 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 60 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.067 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.552 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 107 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.854 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.557 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 112 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 2.017 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 56 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 1.627 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 50 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 2.255 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 81 km deep · 76 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0204a0tsid. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:52 AM UTC.