M1.8 earthquake Central Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Sat, Nov 21, 2020, 8:42 PM AKST (05:42 UTC), 15 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 51 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-22 05:42:33 UTC
- Depth
- 15.4 km (9.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 63.674° N, 152.356° 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
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.550 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.027 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.564 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 127 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.364 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 118 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.658 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 126 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.562 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 129 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.561 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 124 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.159 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 129 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.230 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.923 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.543 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.925 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.960 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 127 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 125 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.732 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.853 km WSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.737 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.950 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.830 km SSW of Lake Minchumina, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.554 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.038 km SW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.647 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.250 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.564 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 125 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.634 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.963 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 131 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.722 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.721 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.663 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 128 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.633 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.531 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.862 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 2112 days ago · 134 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.561 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 124 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.453 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 110 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.516 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.639 km SW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.546 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.0Central Alaska · 2107 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.845 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 1.556 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 123 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.684 km WNW of Lake Minchumina, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 2105 days ago · 131 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.847 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.665 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 123 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.745 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.863 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 127 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.630 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.860 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 131 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.127 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.526 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.257 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 124 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.261 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 129 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.242 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.543 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.732 km SSW of Denali National Park, AK · 2096 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.565 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 123 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.663 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 126 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.543 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.851 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 153 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 10
The first 60 of 87.
Before
- 1.756 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.645 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.957 km SE of Petersville, AK · 2144 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.556 km SSE of Petersville, AK · 2144 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.161 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 125 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.063 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 124 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.861 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 120 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.862 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 132 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.660 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 131 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.851 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.754 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.653 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.5Central Alaska · 2150 days ago · 124 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.212 km NNW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.035 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.864 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 128 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.326 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.546 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.259 km SW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.245 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
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