M1.5 earthquake 61 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 61 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Wed, Sep 2, 2020, 4:12 AM AKDT (12:12 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 8 km W 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-02 12:12:28 UTC
- Depth
- 88.3 km (54.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.495° N, 152.973° 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
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 122 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.942 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 79 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.350 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 133 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.162 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 105 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 105 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 76 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.542 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 90 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2222 days ago · 129 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.546 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 114 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.640 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 115 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.968 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 114 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.421 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 8
- 1.648 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 148 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.735 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 116 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.718 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 82 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 95 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.373 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 65 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.362 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 110 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.647 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 146 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.78 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 55 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 12
- 2.861 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 70 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.450 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 82 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.816 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 66 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.755 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 100 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 102 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.862 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 99 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 109 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.72 km NNW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.934 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 91 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.157 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 107 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.543 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 116 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.056 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 124 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.529 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 77 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.563 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 128 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.838 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 111 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 104 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.540 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 63 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.558 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 95 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 109 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.738 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 117 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.850 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 75 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.951 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 161 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.547 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 122 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.557 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 101 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.417 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.566 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 102 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.529 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 142 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.570 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.566 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 123 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.646 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 128 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 101 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.461 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 113 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.850 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 112 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.558 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 117 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.358 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.968 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 90 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 90 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.046 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 98 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.842 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 111 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.867 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 103 km deep · 59 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.550 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 120 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.367 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 102 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.233 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 88 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 1.940 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.644 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 83 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.820 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 79 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.047 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 113 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.065 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 86 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.828 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.959 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 148 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.756 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 98 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.753 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 115 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 91 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2228 days ago · 136 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.593 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.72 km E of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.651 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 153 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 114 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.769 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 86 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 92 km deep · 89 km away
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