Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 38 km NE of Chase, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 38 km NE of Chase, Alaska on Fri, Aug 28, 2020, 11:28 AM AKDT (19:28 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 11 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-08-28 19:28:11 UTC
Depth
64.6 km (40.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.724° N, 149.648° 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
29

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 84 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.543 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.642 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.927 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 89 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.570 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 118 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.536 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 62 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 1.623 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.544 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.713 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 90 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.649 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 75 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 2.164 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 122 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.542 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 96 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 1.848 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 78 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 1.663 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.636 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 100 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.564 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 1.658 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 110 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 1.663 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 94 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 2.3Central Alaska · 2225 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
  19. 2.039 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 93 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 1.644 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 88 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 1.626 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 88 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 1.618 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 1.947 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 2.574 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 117 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 2.520 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 85 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 1.547 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 1.965 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 2.033 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 76 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 1.550 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 77 km deep · 14 km away
  30. 1.660 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 87 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 1.619 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 49 km deep · 48 km away
  32. 1.826 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 88 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 1.859 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 124 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 1.726 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 79 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 2.316 km ESE of Petersville, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 62 km deep · 52 km away
  36. 1.632 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 77 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 2.123 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 48 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 1.876 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  39. 1.651 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 103 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 2.165 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 127 km deep · 73 km away
  41. 1.623 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 68 km deep · 25 km away
  42. 1.647 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 108 km deep · 83 km away
  43. 1.769 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 94 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 1.765 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 132 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 1.564 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 129 km deep · 75 km away
  46. 1.810 km E of Petersville, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 80 km deep · 53 km away
  47. 2.464 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 63 km deep · 33 km away
  48. 1.54 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  49. 1.627 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
  50. 2.0Central Alaska · 2214 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  51. 1.962 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 126 km deep · 77 km away
  52. 1.763 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 115 km deep · 66 km away
  53. 1.748 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 81 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.9Central Alaska · 2213 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 27
  55. 1.59 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 1.513 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  57. 1.818 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 53 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 1.922 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 1.632 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 53 km deep · 43 km away
  60. 1.6Central Alaska · 2212 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.560 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.744 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.660 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 134 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.662 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 122 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.066 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 1.736 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.763 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 122 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 1.552 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 77 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 1.524 km WSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 1.837 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 77 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 127 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.756 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 71 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 1.645 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 1.712 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.542 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 88 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 1.756 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 69 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 1.839 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.661 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 127 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 1.655 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.776 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 54 km deep · 49 km away

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