M1.5 earthquake 41 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 41 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska on Wed, Feb 26, 2020, 5:13 PM AKST (02:13 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 5 km SE of Big Lake, 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-02-27 02:13:38 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.348° N, 148.181° 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
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 159 in the 60 days after this one and 89 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.640 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.6Southern Alaska · 2408 days ago · 31 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.541 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.512 km NNW of Girdwood, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.834 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.52 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.918 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.750 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.55 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.55 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.516 km SE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.524 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.817 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.747 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.64 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.759 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.640 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.045 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.538 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2403 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.53 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.346 km N of Valdez, AK · 2403 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.610 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.85 km WNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.63 km NW of Eagle River, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.229 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.241 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2400 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.23 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.745 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.641 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2399 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.126 km S of Whittier, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.95 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 158 · tsunami flag
- 2.153 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.517 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.61 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.637 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.53 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.646 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.84 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.256 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.117 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.5Southern Alaska · 2396 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2395 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.560 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.658 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.19 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.519 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.747 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.436 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.58 km SE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.219 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.929 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
The first 60 of 159.
Before
- 1.520 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.937 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.743 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.641 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.544 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.545 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 31 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.139 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.258 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.88 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.722 km NW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 2411 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.557 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.511 km NE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.644 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.029 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2413 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.65 km W of Houston, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.737 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.620 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.634 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
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