M1.5 earthquake 52 km NE of Chenega, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 52 km NE of Chenega, Alaska on Sun, Apr 12, 2020, 2:06 AM AKDT (10:06 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 53 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-04-12 10:06:24 UTC
- Depth
- 8.9 km (5.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.420° N, 147.390° 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
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.021 km SW of Chenega, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.541 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.643 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.661 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.534 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.763 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.023 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 208 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.611 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.542 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.564 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.56 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 2346 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.819 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.649 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.158 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.859 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.157 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.820 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.538 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.550 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.632 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.938 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.717 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.854 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.353 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.76 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.732 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.112 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2326 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.436 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.737 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.630 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.155 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.617 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.819 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.129 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.830 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2312 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.032 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.542 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.019 km SE of Valdez, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.230 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.640 km WNW of Valdez, AK · 2306 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.548 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
Before
- 1.830 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.721 km ENE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.970 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.664 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2371 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.917 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2371 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.521 km ESE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.553 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.856 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.151 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.720 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.144 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.555 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.219 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.436 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.19 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.658 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.953 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.560 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
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