M1.6 earthquake 55 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 55 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska on Fri, Sep 18, 2020, 7:48 PM AKDT (03:48 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 42 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2020-09-19 03:48:57 UTC
- Depth
- 79.8 km (49.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.416° N, 152.898° 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
- 41
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 126 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.659 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 103 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 87 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.843 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 131 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.936 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 124 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.462 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 98 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.945 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 116 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.526 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.749 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 85 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.112 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 51 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.043 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 73 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.145 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 71 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.272 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 123 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.950 km ENE of Pedro Bay, AK · 2201 days ago · 124 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.653 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 77 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.834 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 73 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 104 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.391 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 78 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.642 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.252 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 95 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.958 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 102 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.417 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 55 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 91 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.944 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 133 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.63 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 53 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.661 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 73 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.873 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 120 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.573 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 67 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.843 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 162 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.713 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.720 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.879 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.842 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 66 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.559 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 89 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.744 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 117 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.555 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 94 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 2198 days ago · 115 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.960 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 112 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.860 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 99 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.540 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 87 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.458 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 113 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.071 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 85 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.914 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 2196 days ago · 85 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 114 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.046 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 73 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.547 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 108 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.736 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 71 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.342 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 91 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 2.064 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 107 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 110 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.737 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 130 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.742 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 136 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.662 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 103 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 105 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 100 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 81 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 66 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.260 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 106 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 91 km deep · 80 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.839 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 135 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.836 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 124 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.623 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 55 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.211 km S of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.352 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 148 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.944 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 94 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.558 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 104 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.344 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 130 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.537 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 146 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.634 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 136 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.090 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 77 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.888 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 82 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.548 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 119 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.867 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 103 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.842 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 111 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.046 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 98 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 90 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.968 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 90 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.358 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 55 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.558 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 117 km deep · 86 km away
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