Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 12 km SW of Hope, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 12 km SW of Hope, Alaska on Thu, Sep 24, 2020, 8:47 PM AKDT (04:47 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 2 km E of Big Lake, 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
2020-09-25 04:47:04 UTC
Depth
34.8 km (21.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.855° N, 149.828° 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
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 184 in the 60 days after this one and 93 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.529 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 46 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.311 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.12 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.744 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2196 days ago · 37 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 2.38 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 2.44 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 38 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 3.012 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.513 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 72 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.815 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 1.52 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 1.520 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 46 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 1.85 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.513 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 46 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 2.022 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 2.121 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 47 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 2.021 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.623 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 46 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 2.82 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.04 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 39 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 1.58 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 1.65 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 1.610 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 1.621 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
  25. 1.910 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 47 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 1.622 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 38 km deep · 24 km away
  27. 1.917 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 58 km deep · 73 km away
  28. 1.95 km SSW of Houston, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 1.724 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 74 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 2.62 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 1.924 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 41 km deep · 38 km away
  32. 2.23 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 2.030 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 69 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 2.15 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
  35. 1.56 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 1.64 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
  37. 2.116 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 44 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 2.214 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away
  39. 2.18 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away
  40. 3.07 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 39 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 6
  41. 2.222 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 50 km deep · 39 km away
  42. 1.69 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away
  43. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2184 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 2.35 km SE of Willow, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.79 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
  46. 1.66 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 53 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 1.911 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  48. 1.514 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  49. 1.526 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
  50. 2.66 km S of Houston, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 12
  51. 1.826 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 78 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 2.35 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away
  53. 1.514 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away
  54. 3.816 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 59 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 70
  55. 1.624 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 51 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 1.56 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 52 km deep · 70 km away
  57. 1.54 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 2.817 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 13
  59. 1.722 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away
  60. 2.06 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away

The first 60 of 184.

Before

  1. 2.421 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 74 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.513 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 71 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.817 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.523 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.78 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.73 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.821 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 59 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.719 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 1.516 km W of Hope, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 36 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 1.59 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 3.433 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 42 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 13
  12. 1.514 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.77 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 2.57 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.88 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.78 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 1.620 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 1.57 km SE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 1.523 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away

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