Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 22 km N of Fishhook, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 22 km N of Fishhook, Alaska on Tue, May 12, 2020, 2:14 PM AKDT (22:14 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 5 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-05-12 22:14:20 UTC
Depth
21.3 km (13.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.948° N, 149.243° 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
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 91 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.145 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 2.211 km E of Willow, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 38 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 3.14 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 19
  4. 1.66 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.332 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 1.627 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 1.611 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 1.718 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.638 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 57 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.62 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 2.48 km NW of Houston, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 44 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.330 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.914 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 1.93 km N of Lakes, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 1.744 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 54 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.949 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.14 km NNE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.55 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.624 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 1.911 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 2.45 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.631 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
  24. 1.714 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away
  25. 1.64 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
  26. 1.76 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away
  27. 2.35 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 1.57 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 1.65 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 2.03 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 1.814 km NNE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  33. 1.67 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
  34. 2.07 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.620 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 37 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 1.520 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 1.55 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  38. 2.457 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
  39. 2.14 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  40. 1.865 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
  41. 1.934 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 1.917 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 1.65 km NW of Houston, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
  44. 2.229 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 2.25 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.624 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 70 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 2.147 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  48. 1.819 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 80 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 2.247 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 1.86 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 1.89 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  52. 1.611 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 43 km deep · 36 km away
  53. 1.665 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 2.05 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 1.727 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
  56. 1.64 km E of Willow, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
  57. 2.629 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.75 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  59. 1.55 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
  60. 1.825 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away

The first 60 of 160.

Before

  1. 1.877 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 2.319 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.66 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.5Southern Alaska · 2333 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.316 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.524 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.612 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 1.73 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 1.517 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.77 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.915 km W of Fishhook, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 2.28 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 37 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.628 km SW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 2.836 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.60 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.29 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 1.59 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 61 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 2.57 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.019 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02064bnqjd. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC.