Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 42 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 42 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Mon, Mar 23, 2020, 3:23 PM AKDT (23:23 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 55 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-03-23 23:23:26 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.890° N, 160.563° 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
14

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.539 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 73 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.625 km SSE of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.647 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 52 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.016 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 2.939 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 102 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 3.426 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.843 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 94 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 1.839 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2373 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.937 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 3.818 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2357 days ago · 164 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 1.631 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.940 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 3.618 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 165 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 1.721 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 76 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 2.343 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 49 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.830 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 143 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 1.650 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.28 km NNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 166 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 1.719 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 1.716 km S of Perryville, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 72 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 2.951 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 4.555 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 165 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  24. 1.919 km WSW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 1.779 km WNW of Chignik Lake, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 2.272 km NNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 2.174 km NNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 1.616 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  29. 3.043 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 180 km deep · 75 km away
  30. 2.172 km NNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  31. 1.946 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 86 km deep · 27 km away
  32. 1.719 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 1.721 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 1.929 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 81 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 2.160 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 100 km deep · 76 km away

Before

  1. 2.230 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 135 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 1.763 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 88 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 3.131 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.214 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 2388 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.611 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2391 days ago · 183 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 1.915 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 1.618 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 2.642 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.762 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 145 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.249 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 169 km deep · 20 km away

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