Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 20 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 20 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska on Sat, Sep 19, 2020, 5:30 AM AKDT (13:30 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 18 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-09-19 13:30:01 UTC
Depth
0.8 km (0.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.613° N, 149.095° 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
51

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.056 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.732 km SW of Chenega, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.514 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 3.433 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 42 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 13
  6. 2.541 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.516 km W of Hope, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 1.719 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 1.523 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.723 km SSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.512 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 1.529 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.744 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2197 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.945 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 1.815 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.52 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.520 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 1.620 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.513 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 2.022 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 2.121 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 1.623 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 1.957 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 1.65 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 1.622 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 38 km deep · 71 km away
  27. 1.657 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 1.924 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 41 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 2.116 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 44 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 2.214 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 48 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 2.18 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 2.222 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 50 km deep · 86 km away
  33. 1.96 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 2.751 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 1.69 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 1.952 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 1.79 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 1.911 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 1.652 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 1.514 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 1.514 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
  42. 2.817 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 13
  43. 2.459 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 4.118 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 460 · tsunami flag
  45. 2.616 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 14
  46. 1.818 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  47. 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 40 km deep · 100 km away
  48. 1.96 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 2.25 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
  50. 1.512 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 31 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 1.941 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  52. 1.623 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 1.522 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 1.642 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  55. 1.614 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 2.240 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 2.850 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  58. 1.619 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 48 km deep · 48 km away
  59. 1.537 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 1.52 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away

The first 60 of 101.

Before

  1. 1.57 km SE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.523 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 3.14 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 22
  4. 1.61 km E of Eagle River, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.813 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 1.66 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.521 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.81 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 1.850 km SE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.518 km ESE of Bear Creek, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 3.37 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 188
  12. 2.44 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  13. 1.817 km SSW of Hope, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 1.644 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 1.68 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.618 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 1.93 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 1.64 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 52 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.93 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 1.649 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020c369ceo. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:08 AM UTC.