Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 3 km E of Ferry, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 3 km E of Ferry, Alaska on Sun, Sep 27, 2020, 8:34 AM AKDT (16:34 UTC), 123 km (77 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 11 km W of Nenana, 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
2020-09-27 16:34:43 UTC
Depth
123.4 km (76.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
64.020° N, 149.040° 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
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.338 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 118 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.048 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 128 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 1.812 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 2.859 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.831 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.110 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 1.546 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 98 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.753 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.911 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.910 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 114 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 3.511 km W of Nenana, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 27
  12. 1.564 km ENE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 1.654 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.578 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.635 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 78 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.555 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.425 km NE of Ferry, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.366 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.666 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.275 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.273 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 1.935 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 105 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 1.924 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 2.243 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 101 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 1.710 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 2.031 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 1.656 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 142 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 1.755 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 117 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 1.517 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 89 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 1.618 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 100 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 1.546 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 2.354 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 78 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 1.840 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 95 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 1.559 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 1.568 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 138 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 1.620 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 1.756 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 1.631 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 1.726 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 2.011 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  41. 1.660 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 2.262 km E of Cantwell, AK · 2161 days ago · 125 km deep · 82 km away
  43. 1.669 km WNW of Denali National Park, AK · 2161 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 1.528 km NE of Ester, AK · 2159 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 2.610 km N of Healy, AK · 2157 days ago · 129 km deep · 9 km away
  46. 1.727 km SE of Cantwell, AK · 2157 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
  47. 1.964 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 2.066 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 2.14 km S of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
  50. 2.533 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  51. 1.643 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 101 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 1.754 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  53. 1.851 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 1.623 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 1.641 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 103 km deep · 84 km away
  56. 1.969 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  57. 1.868 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  58. 1.737 km WSW of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
  59. 2.939 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  60. 1.632 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 114 km deep · 46 km away

The first 60 of 72.

Before

  1. 3.16 km SW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 9
  2. 1.815 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 2.048 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.624 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 90 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 2.810 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.228 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 1.69 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.89 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 4.011 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 20
  10. 1.868 km NE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.97 km N of Healy, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 1.925 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 86 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.82 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 1.679 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.319 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.854 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.667 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 135 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.653 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 97 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.734 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 68 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 1.75 km N of Healy, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away

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