Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 9 km WSW of Houston, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 9 km WSW of Houston, Alaska on Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 3:11 PM AKDT (23:11 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 30 km E of Chase, 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
2020-06-23 23:11:17 UTC
Depth
41.7 km (25.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.613° N, 149.985° 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
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 86 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.79 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.027 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 69 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.542 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.97 km NW of Houston, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 44 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 2.315 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 73 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 2.327 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 50 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 1.929 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 74 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.530 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.921 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.41 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.645 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.514 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.617 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 38 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 1.623 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 56 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 1.932 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 75 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 1.512 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 34 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 1.526 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.239 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 74 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 3.49 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 41 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 37
  20. 1.710 km SE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 50 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 1.610 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 2.411 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 37 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  23. 1.58 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 43 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2285 days ago · 62 km deep · 48 km away
  25. 2.58 km SE of Beluga, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 54 km deep · 79 km away
  26. 1.726 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 1.934 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 40 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 1.749 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 1.58 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 82 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 1.58 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
  31. 1.831 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 46 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 1.515 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 52 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 3.65 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 45 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 218
  34. 2.53 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 45 km deep · 12 km away
  35. 1.821 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.15 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 39 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 2.213 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 1.68 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away
  39. 2.09 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 2.13 km SW of Knik, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 51 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
  41. 3.015 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 47 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  42. 1.511 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 1.84 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 37 km deep · 13 km away
  44. 1.89 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 1.627 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
  46. 2.211 km S of Hope, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 1.514 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 1.539 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 2.428 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 1.75 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 38 km deep · 15 km away
  51. 2.313 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.538 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 95 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 2.118 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 59 km deep · 60 km away
  54. 1.826 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 1.83 km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 54 km deep · 9 km away
  56. 1.534 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 2.17 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 50 km deep · 2 km away
  58. 3.317 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 54 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 1.821 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 37 km deep · 32 km away
  60. 1.541 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

  1. 1.85 km ENE of Lazy Mountain, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.64 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.632 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2292 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.84 km NW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2292 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.02 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 55 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 3.17 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 36 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 18
  7. 1.89 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.78 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2294 days ago · 39 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 2.032 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2294 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 3.132 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 75 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 4.27 km SE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 865 · tsunami flag
  12. 2.430 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.89 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 75 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  14. 1.95 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 3.121 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 18
  16. 1.532 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.55 km W of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.58 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.523 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 73 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.09 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2301 days ago · 44 km deep · 16 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02081st3hl. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:37 AM UTC.