Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 55 km NE of Chase, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 55 km NE of Chase, Alaska on Thu, Apr 30, 2020, 5:16 PM AKDT (01:16 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 57 km N of Petersville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-05-01 01:16:13 UTC
Depth
65.0 km (40.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.756° N, 149.248° 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
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 170 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.578 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 49 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 2.160 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 108 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.513 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 54 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 2.150 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.963 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 85 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.056 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 1.558 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.959 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 77 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 1.867 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 89 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.720 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.146 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 91 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.636 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.963 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 84 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 2.161 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 130 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.720 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 3.066 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 104 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.042 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 87 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 2.350 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 80 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.461 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 125 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 127 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 1.916 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 80 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 1.569 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 113 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 1.751 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 85 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 1.760 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 113 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 1.555 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 83 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 1.628 km SW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 2.165 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 132 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 2.045 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 123 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 2.263 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 122 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 1.612 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 1.656 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 109 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 1.877 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 1.537 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 70 km deep · 67 km away
  34. 1.872 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 118 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 1.852 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 113 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 1.522 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 2.145 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 75 km deep · 12 km away
  38. 1.667 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 115 km deep · 82 km away
  39. 3.046 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 87 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 1.665 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 128 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 1.660 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 90 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 2.033 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 77 km deep · 43 km away
  43. 2.360 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 88 km deep · 44 km away
  44. 3.056 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 91 km deep · 47 km away
  45. 1.843 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 88 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 2.332 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 1.558 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 132 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 1.768 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 98 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 2.358 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 119 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 1.627 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 31 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 1.764 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 128 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 1.638 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 57 km deep · 17 km away
  53. 2.819 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 73 km deep · 60 km away
  54. 1.556 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 73 km deep · 38 km away
  55. 2.586 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 1.670 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 105 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 1.914 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 1.744 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 54 km deep · 21 km away
  59. 1.625 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 89 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 2.058 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 110 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of 170.

Before

  1. 1.664 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 106 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.737 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.624 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.86 km E of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 52 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.817 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.538 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 98 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 2.064 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 130 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 1.667 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 118 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.718 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.840 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.543 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 69 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 2.163 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 92 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 1.760 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 60 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 1.75 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.858 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 105 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 1.534 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 59 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 3.052 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 82 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.766 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 94 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.849 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 105 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.871 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 109 km deep · 81 km away

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