M1.8 earthquake 16 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 16 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska on Mon, Sep 7, 2020, 7:17 PM AKDT (03:17 UTC), 66 km (41 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 34 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-08 03:17:24 UTC
- Depth
- 65.6 km (40.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.367° N, 152.213° 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
- 50
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 101 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.755 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 100 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 102 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.862 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 99 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 109 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.72 km NNW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 47 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.934 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 91 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.157 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 107 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.543 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 116 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.056 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 124 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.529 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 77 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.838 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 111 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 104 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.540 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 63 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.558 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 95 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 109 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.738 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 117 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.850 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 75 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.547 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 122 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.557 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 101 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.417 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 41 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.529 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 142 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.69 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.570 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.566 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 123 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.646 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 128 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 101 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.461 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 113 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.850 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 112 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.358 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 55 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.968 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 90 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 90 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.046 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 98 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.842 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 111 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.867 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 103 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.548 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 119 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.888 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 82 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.090 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.634 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 136 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.537 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 146 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.344 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 130 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.558 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 104 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.944 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 94 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.211 km S of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 57 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.623 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 55 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.836 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 124 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.839 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 135 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.655 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 80 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.659 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 103 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 87 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.843 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 131 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.936 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 124 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.462 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 98 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.945 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 116 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.526 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.749 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 85 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.112 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 51 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.043 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 73 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.145 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 71 km deep · 29 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.450 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 82 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.861 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.78 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 55 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 12
- 1.647 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 146 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.362 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 110 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.373 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 95 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.718 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 82 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.735 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 116 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.648 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 148 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.421 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 70 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 8
- 1.968 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 114 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.640 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 115 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.546 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 114 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.542 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 90 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 76 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 105 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.162 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 105 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.350 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 133 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.942 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 79 km deep · 62 km away
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