M1.6 earthquake 52 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 52 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 8:35 PM AKDT (04:35 UTC), 57 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 31 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-18 04:35:09 UTC
- Depth
- 57.2 km (35.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.926° N, 152.313° 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
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 131 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2389 days ago · 106 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.738 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 83 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.555 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 83 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 101 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 75 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.063 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 113 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.654 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 46 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 100 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.357 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 52 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.947 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 79 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.649 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 91 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.341 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 75 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 1.938 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 61 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.223 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 75 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.775 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.759 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 114 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.843 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 74 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.981 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.650 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.865 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 96 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.384 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 77 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.835 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 64 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.654 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.730 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 53 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.631 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.543 km SE of Seldovia, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.667 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 68 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.872 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.534 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 80 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.521 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.564 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 106 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.819 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.654 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 98 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.639 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 68 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.955 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 103 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.172 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 85 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.518 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.577 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 65 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.518 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 54 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.934 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.261 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 60 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.37 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 60 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2378 days ago · 62 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.055 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 65 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.746 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 80 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.853 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 86 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 2377 days ago · 115 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.988 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 74 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.774 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 69 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 93 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.078 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.658 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 102 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.513 km SE of Seldovia, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 49 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.678 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 71 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.914 km SE of Seldovia, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.34 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.242 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2371 days ago · 77 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.858 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 112 km deep · 85 km away
The first 60 of 131.
Before
- 1.762 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 87 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.629 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 1.832 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 64 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.661 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.070 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.561 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 87 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.676 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 67 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.154 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 77 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.547 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 110 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.565 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.74 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.590 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.931 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.549 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.977 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.843 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 100 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.654 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 93 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.745 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 112 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.639 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 60 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.073 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0203l2ibrd. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:23 AM UTC.