M1.9 earthquake 24 km E of Ferry, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 24 km E of Ferry, Alaska on Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 3:51 AM AKDT (11:51 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 18 km NNE of Four Mile Road, 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-21 11:51:35 UTC
- Depth
- 7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 64.057° N, 148.632° 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
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 52 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.977 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.730 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.021 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 123 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.523 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.637 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 94 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.621 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.5Central Alaska · 2373 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.542 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.08 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 107 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.44 km W of College, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 2368 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.822 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.841 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.517 km ESE of Healy, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 99 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.738 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 116 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.58 km WSW of Nenana, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.86 km SSE of North Pole, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.915 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.560 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.047 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 136 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.018 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.242 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 103 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.239 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 115 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.747 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2357 days ago · 138 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.818 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 97
- 1.718 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 117 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.718 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.120 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.6Central Alaska · 2350 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.044 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 124 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.758 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8Central Alaska · 2348 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.737 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.229 km WNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.77 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.636 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 73 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.821 km ENE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.916 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 80 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.513 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 113 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.819 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.045 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 123 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.816 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 115 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.86 km W of Nenana, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.215 km W of Healy, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 116 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.537 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 70 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.519 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.882 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.8Central Alaska · 2332 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.819 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.819 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 89 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.035 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 100 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 2.311 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.763 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.563 km WSW of Ferry, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.0Central Alaska · 2392 days ago · 107 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.26 km S of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.768 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 8
- 1.89 km SW of Healy, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 110 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.720 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.820 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.511 km S of Ester, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.734 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.626 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 86 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.933 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 119 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.021 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.922 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 98 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.65 km SE of Healy, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 109 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.845 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 107 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.8Central Alaska · 2403 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.834 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
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