Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 7 km W of Chase, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 7 km W of Chase, Alaska on Wed, Oct 21, 2020, 5:35 AM AKDT (13:35 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 18 km SSW of Susitna North, 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
2020-10-21 13:35:51 UTC
Depth
57.5 km (35.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.437° N, 150.253° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
9

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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 133 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.511 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.671 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 112 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.753 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.69 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 1.548 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 106 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.668 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 118 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 3.650 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 80 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.48 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 1.767 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 117 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.966 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 116 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.929 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 67 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.976 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 116 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.925 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 64 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 1.650 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 108 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 1.840 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.518 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 79 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.632 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 60 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 1.538 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 112 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.775 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 117 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.855 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 1.775 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 107 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 1.515 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 2.168 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 1.866 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 110 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 1.962 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 95 km deep · 72 km away
  26. 2.169 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 122 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 1.931 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 47 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 1.54 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 1.563 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 121 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 1.728 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 75 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 1.851 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away
  32. 2.512 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2166 days ago · 44 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 1.564 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 120 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 1.730 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 90 km deep · 58 km away
  36. 2.035 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 75 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 1.573 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 105 km deep · 79 km away
  38. 1.612 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 37 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 1.718 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 2.0Southern Alaska · 2164 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 1.718 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 84 km deep · 46 km away
  42. 1.512 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 46 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 1.860 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  44. 2.318 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 1.621 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 80 km deep · 48 km away
  46. 1.525 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 73 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 2.227 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 1.912 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
  49. 1.540 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  50. 2.055 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 119 km deep · 77 km away
  51. 1.613 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 43 km deep · 81 km away
  52. 1.844 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 1.653 km ENE of Cantwell, AK · 2162 days ago · 91 km deep · 84 km away
  54. 1.546 km SSW of Petersville, AK · 2161 days ago · 92 km deep · 46 km away
  55. 1.555 km SSW of Petersville, AK · 2161 days ago · 97 km deep · 61 km away
  56. 1.824 km SSE of Fishhook, AK · 2161 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
  57. 1.827 km NE of Petersville, AK · 2161 days ago · 83 km deep · 50 km away
  58. 1.525 km SE of Susitna, AK · 2161 days ago · 59 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 2.469 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 2.026 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.752 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 3.14 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 55
  3. 2.329 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 55 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 1.858 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.437 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.916 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 2.141 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 1.630 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.817 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.651 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.73 km NW of Houston, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.79 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 1.758 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 132 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.923 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.631 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 1.829 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.134 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 55 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 2.163 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 78 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.955 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 106 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 1.535 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away

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