M1.5 earthquake 19 km N of Fishhook, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 19 km N of Fishhook, Alaska on Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 5:56 PM AKDT (01:56 UTC), 41 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 25 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-17 01:56:27 UTC
- Depth
- 41.0 km (25.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.919° N, 149.264° 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
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 99 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.83 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 40 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.812 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 2388 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.752 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.412 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.747 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.048 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.148 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.58 km SE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.629 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.929 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.113 km WSW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.525 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.55 km SSW of Houston, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.812 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.19 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.721 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 74 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.99 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.62 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.518 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 75 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.53 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.129 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.65 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 36 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.431 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 36 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.923 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.913 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 34 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.734 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.529 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.527 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 34 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.711 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.38 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 28
- 2.66 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 2380 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.525 km NW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.530 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.8Central Alaska · 2379 days ago · 45 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.834 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.62 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.77 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.07 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.739 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.623 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 37 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.956 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.625 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.121 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 1.644 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.627 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 50 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.017 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 56 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.811 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.854 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 47 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.935 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 60 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.022 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.522 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.625 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 72 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.526 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 54 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.311 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.57 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.017 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.769 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 49 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.817 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.029 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.66 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 50 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.931 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 56 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.428 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.728 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.75 km W of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 55 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.315 km N of Willow, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.04 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2393 days ago · 39 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.512 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.667 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.5Southern Alaska · 2394 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.121 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.117 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.25 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.25 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.84 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.53 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 34 km deep · 58 km away
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