M1.6 earthquake 38 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 38 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sun, Oct 4, 2020, 2:06 PM AKDT (22:06 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 67 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, 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
- 2020-10-04 22:06:34 UTC
- Depth
- 72.5 km (45.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.316° N, 152.599° 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: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 132 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.343 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 117 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.058 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 83 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.051 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 110 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.546 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 83 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 85 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.842 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 75 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 94 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.831 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 66 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.743 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 125 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.77 km W of Homer, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.640 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 137 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.064 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 56 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.865 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 108 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.856 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 156 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.585 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 74 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.561 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 74 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.960 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 91 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.250 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 84 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.672 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 106 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.831 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 129 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.852 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.518 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 54 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.757 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 87 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.669 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 115 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.987 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.84 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.855 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 103 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.835 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 86 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.065 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 104 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.866 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 111 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2182 days ago · 108 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.058 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 98 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 106 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.516 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.256 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 92 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.036 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 113 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.557 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 98 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.540 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 113 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.938 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 163 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.652 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 103 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.354 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 90 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.956 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 96 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.745 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 111 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.753 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 77 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.859 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 92 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.360 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.610 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 61 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 76 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.545 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 120 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.018 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 102 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.540 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 73 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.640 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 131 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.761 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 90 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.551 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 103 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.757 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 100 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.960 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 113 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.640 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 132 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.646 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 117 km deep · 75 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.565 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 120 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.143 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 167 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.838 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 77 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.946 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 71 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.158 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 98 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.261 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 105 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.024 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.937 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 78 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.841 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.339 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 129 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.135 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 64 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.038 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 82 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2192 days ago · 68 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.163 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 112 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 91 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.260 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 106 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 66 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 100 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 105 km deep · 56 km away
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