Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 15 km WSW of Hope, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 15 km WSW of Hope, Alaska on Tue, Dec 29, 2020, 11:04 PM AKST (08:04 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 5 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-12-30 08:04:11 UTC
Depth
31.1 km (19.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.886° N, 149.920° 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
48

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 189 in the 60 days after this one and 116 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.827 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.726 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 62 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.638 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.77 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 42 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.28 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 56 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.319 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.97 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 2.015 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 3.510 km NE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 9
  10. 1.63 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 1.510 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 60 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.94 km WSW of Knik-Fairview, AK · 2097 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.519 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 1.914 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.016 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 1.58 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 1.51 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 2.55 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 6
  19. 1.821 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.56 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 1.55 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 64 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 1.613 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 1.87 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 1.721 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 1.515 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 61 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 1.57 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 1.76 km W of Hope, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 32 km deep · 9 km away
  28. 1.521 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 44 km deep · 33 km away
  29. 2.314 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.722 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 59 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 1.53 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 2.24 km NNW of Lakes, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 1.56 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
  34. 1.65 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 1.88 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 1.826 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  37. 2.07 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 2.414 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 1.84 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 2.318 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 59 km deep · 92 km away
  41. 1.85 km S of Willow, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 1.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 1.915 km NW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
  44. 1.88 km NE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
  45. 1.89 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
  46. 1.931 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 69 km deep · 100 km away
  47. 1.910 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
  48. 1.517 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 1.513 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
  50. 1.57 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 47 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 1.82 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 40 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 1.525 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 45 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.518 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 53 km deep · 79 km away
  54. 1.614 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
  55. 1.722 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
  56. 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 1.99 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  58. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2084 days ago · 64 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 2.010 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  60. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2083 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away

The first 60 of 189.

Before

  1. 1.97 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.56 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.00 km N of Willow, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.52 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.62 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 41 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.57 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.59 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.63 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
  9. 1.518 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 1.53 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 1.61 km WSW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.51 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 61 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.917 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 69 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.96 km WNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.829 km W of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.621 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 78 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.510 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.54 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.513 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 1.521 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away

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