Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 43 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 43 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska on Fri, Aug 28, 2020, 11:46 AM AKDT (19:46 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 4 km WNW of Houston, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-08-28 19:46:55 UTC
Depth
23.8 km (14.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.188° N, 148.419° 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
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 123 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.825 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.411 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.536 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 1.649 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.848 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 78 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 2.215 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 32 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.011 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 34 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 1.564 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 42 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 2.27 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.615 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 1.524 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 2.3Central Alaska · 2222 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
  13. 1.618 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.019 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.97 km SE of Willow, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.547 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 40 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 1.965 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 1.550 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 77 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.619 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.123 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 48 km deep · 56 km away
  21. 1.86 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 1.610 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 2.464 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 1.54 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  25. 2.92 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 18
  26. 2.58 km SE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 1.513 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 1.818 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
  29. 1.632 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 53 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 1.6Central Alaska · 2209 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 1.525 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 55 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 1.710 km SE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 1.54 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 1.642 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 55 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 2.058 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
  36. 2.06 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 1.59 km SE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 1.69 km ESE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 1.754 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
  40. 1.670 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 47 km deep · 27 km away
  41. 2.357 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 2.423 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
  43. 2.636 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  44. 2.416 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.55 km SW of Chase, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 2.57 km W of Fishhook, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.25 km SW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.77 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 1.524 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 2.234 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 39 km deep · 23 km away
  51. 3.066 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  52. 2.114 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  53. 2.022 km NW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 36 km deep · 37 km away
  54. 2.226 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 1.756 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 1.753 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  57. 1.925 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 54 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 2.016 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  59. 1.611 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
  60. 2.546 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 123.

Before

  1. 1.938 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.816 km SE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.744 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 1.916 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.837 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 77 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.910 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.012 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.523 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 1.943 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 1.645 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 32 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 1.712 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 2.218 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.839 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 2.776 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 54 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 1.77 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.922 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.417 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.639 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 1.613 km SSE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.648 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 37 km deep · 25 km away

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