M1.5 earthquake 55 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 55 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Wed, Jan 1, 2020, 7:23 PM AKST (04:23 UTC), 94 km (58 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km W of Salamatof, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-02 04:23:27 UTC
- Depth
- 93.5 km (58.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.797° N, 152.288° 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
- 18
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 161 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.152 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 110 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.150 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 162 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.019 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.954 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 142 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.665 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 122 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.716 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.014 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 58 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.660 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 96 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.642 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 84 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.113 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 68 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.835 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 84 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.648 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 82 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.540 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 75 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.845 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 107 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.839 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 80 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.55 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.743 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.868 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 122 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.619 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.757 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 96 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 78 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.747 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 95 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.361 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 122 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.849 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 83 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 85 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.717 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.667 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 107 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.162 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 97 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.040 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 83 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.531 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 82 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.575 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 112 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.966 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 105 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.155 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 97 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 79 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.354 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 131 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.534 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 94 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 94 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.041 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 91 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.52 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.921 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 77 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.460 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 96 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.562 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 108 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.654 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 128 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.648 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 103 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.627 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 78 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 61 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.723 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 76 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.219 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 54 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 6
- 2.326 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 79 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.871 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 137 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.710 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.57 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.870 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 120 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 74 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 113 km deep · 87 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.258 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 100 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.958 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 107 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.96 km ENE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 69 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 1.767 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 110 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.833 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 82 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.516 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 57 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.013 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.53 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.629 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 79 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.968 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 102 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.315 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 64 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Anchor Point, AK · 2466 days ago · 95 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.068 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 115 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.065 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 121 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.614 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 53 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.839 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 89 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.660 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 106 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.88 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.258 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 98 km deep · 91 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0203dlf0d. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:44 PM UTC.