Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Wed, Dec 2, 2020, 1:57 AM AKST (10:57 UTC), 70 km (44 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 41 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-12-02 10:57:55 UTC
Depth
70.2 km (43.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
62.337° N, 151.033° 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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 194 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.717 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2131 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.661 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 108 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.619 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 101 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 1.629 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 62 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 1.553 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 116 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 3.013 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 10
  8. 1.960 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 127 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 1.75 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 74 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.519 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.019 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 74 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.148 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.922 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 58 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.627 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 1.660 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 125 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.449 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.629 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 69 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 1.845 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.527 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.613 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 1.645 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 103 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 1.926 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 81 km deep · 8 km away
  23. 1.623 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 75 km deep · 22 km away
  24. 1.57 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 54 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 2.130 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 1.829 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 90 km deep · 72 km away
  27. 1.918 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 2.259 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 106 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 1.966 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 126 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 3.240 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 97 km deep · 24 km away
  31. 1.817 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 1.511 km E of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  33. 1.743 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 92 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.961 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 112 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 1.525 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 2.122 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 64 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 2.328 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 1.950 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 2.629 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 3.425 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 98 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 1.828 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 90 km deep · 71 km away
  42. 1.621 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 2.08 km SW of Willow, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 1.628 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 72 km deep · 66 km away
  45. 1.636 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 109 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 1.644 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 104 km deep · 60 km away
  47. 1.554 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 1.513 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 52 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 1.947 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 85 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.533 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 92 km deep · 54 km away
  51. 2.151 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 115 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 1.645 km NNW of Beluga, AK · 2121 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
  53. 1.57 km ESE of Susitna North, AK · 2121 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 2.38 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 73 km deep · 39 km away
  55. 3.28 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 76 km deep · 49 km away
  56. 2.830 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away
  57. 1.77 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 1.552 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 1.744 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 104 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 2.217 km SSE of Petersville, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 68 km deep · 21 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.729 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.948 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 116 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.663 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 118 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.528 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.552 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.643 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 83 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.022 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.648 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.764 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 112 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.640 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.540 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.629 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 75 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 1.523 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 1.971 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.716 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  16. 1.533 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 89 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 1.916 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 1.927 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 1.752 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.547 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away

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