Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 66 km N of Chase, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 66 km N of Chase, Alaska on Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 10:15 PM AKST (07:15 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 54 km NNE of Chase, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-02-21 07:15:14 UTC
Depth
8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.048° N, 150.161° 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
36

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 127 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.774 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 115 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 1.843 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 104 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 1.552 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 106 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.659 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 75 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 1.745 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.865 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 1.565 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 124 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 1.636 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 1.565 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 105 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 1.639 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 95 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 1.612 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.772 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 1.556 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.257 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 1.835 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 106 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 1.5Central Alaska · 2408 days ago · 123 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 1.767 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 130 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 2.660 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 100 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 2.1Central Alaska · 2407 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.162 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 118 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 1.864 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 101 km deep · 25 km away
  22. 2.559 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 2.4Central Alaska · 2406 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 1.960 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 114 km deep · 40 km away
  25. 1.852 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 120 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 1.571 km NNE of Petersville, AK · 2405 days ago · 101 km deep · 15 km away
  27. 1.862 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 134 km deep · 34 km away
  28. 1.550 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 113 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 1.564 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 124 km deep · 32 km away
  30. 1.526 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 81 km deep · 82 km away
  31. 2.168 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 117 km deep · 27 km away
  32. 2.019 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 1.528 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  34. 1.630 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 53 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.518 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 73 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 1.558 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 1.8Central Alaska · 2401 days ago · 91 km deep · 48 km away
  38. 1.552 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 100 km deep · 28 km away
  39. 1.514 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 1.737 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  41. 1.654 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
  42. 1.845 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 107 km deep · 38 km away
  43. 3.438 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 154 km deep · 64 km away
  44. 2.161 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  45. 1.929 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 1.933 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 119 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 2.966 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 98 km deep · 12 km away
  48. 1.547 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 111 km deep · 59 km away
  49. 1.626 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 86 km deep · 46 km away
  50. 1.536 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 1.653 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 68 km deep · 30 km away
  52. 2.113 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 88 km deep · 68 km away
  53. 2.616 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.846 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 72 km deep · 28 km away
  55. 1.812 km SSE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  56. 2.456 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 128 km deep · 39 km away
  57. 1.668 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 111 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 1.89 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 110 km deep · 99 km away
  59. 1.865 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 128 km deep · 32 km away
  60. 1.75 km W of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 55 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.560 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.561 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 121 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 1.959 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 91 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 1.533 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 90 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.251 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 1.953 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 108 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 1.553 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.522 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 109 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.530 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 87 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.330 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 88 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.550 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 106 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.645 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 79 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 2.532 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 71 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 1.964 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 81 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 1.626 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 1.661 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 129 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 1.718 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 87 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.927 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 79 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.7Central Alaska · 2418 days ago · 85 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 1.876 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 105 km deep · 17 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0202e47br2. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:10 AM UTC.