Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 54 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 54 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska on Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 6:22 AM AKST (15:22 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.7 68 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-01-22 15:22:50 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.740° N, 146.601° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.523 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.239 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 197 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.579 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 1.877 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.678 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 1.932 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.938 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.763 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 1.541 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.584 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 1.939 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.7Central Alaska · 2416 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 2.540 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 106 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.248 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 1.583 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 1.8Central Alaska · 2406 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 2.339 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.922 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 98 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.030 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 3.768 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 8
  21. 2.26 km S of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 1.977 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away

Before

  1. 1.626 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.756 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.637 km ENE of Ferry, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 115 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.267 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 1.976 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 2.575 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 1.836 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.722 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.59 km ESE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.546 km SW of Whitestone, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 2.345 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 104 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 2.9Central Alaska · 2463 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 1.642 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.379 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 74 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 2.735 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 2.243 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.573 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 1.551 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 114 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.774 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 1.559 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02010mvylv. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:21 AM UTC.