Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 8 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 8 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Sat, Aug 15, 2020, 9:44 PM AKDT (05:44 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 31 km WNW of Susitna, 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
2020-08-16 05:44:03 UTC
Depth
36.0 km (22.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.399° N, 150.106° 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
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 188 in the 60 days after this one and 106 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.522 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 1.66 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 1.613 km SSE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 3.14 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 18
  5. 2.417 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.922 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.62 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 51 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 1.523 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 62 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 2.76 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.62 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 50 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 1.74 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 1.77 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 1.51 km SW of Knik, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 53 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 1.83 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 39 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 1.917 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 47 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 1.62 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 45 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.125 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 41 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 2.218 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 1.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 36 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 1.712 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 1.823 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 45 km deep · 18 km away
  22. 1.823 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 59 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 2.225 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 3.44 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 48 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 59
  25. 1.636 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
  26. 2.012 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 1.55 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
  28. 2.034 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
  29. 1.910 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 36 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 1.542 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 99 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 1.68 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away
  32. 1.916 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 38 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 1.736 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 1.54 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 49 km deep · 64 km away
  35. 1.59 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 36 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 1.64 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  37. 1.62 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 50 km deep · 14 km away
  38. 1.88 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 2.620 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 60 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.129 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
  41. 1.64 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 43 km deep · 20 km away
  42. 2.40 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 41 km deep · 15 km away
  43. 1.85 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  44. 2.411 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.05 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 32 km deep · 15 km away
  46. 1.723 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 66 km deep · 49 km away
  47. 2.215 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 32 km deep · 52 km away
  48. 2.011 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
  49. 2.27 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 44 km deep · 37 km away
  50. 1.615 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 47 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 2.3Central Alaska · 2222 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
  52. 2.416 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 61 km deep · 43 km away
  53. 1.56 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.612 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  55. 1.618 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 1.73 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 39 km deep · 6 km away
  57. 2.43 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 34 km deep · 15 km away
  58. 1.615 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  59. 1.97 km SE of Willow, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
  60. 1.620 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away

The first 60 of 188.

Before

  1. 1.65 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 50 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 2.435 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 59 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.07 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 42 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 1.52 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 36 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 1.84 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 37 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 1.730 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 63 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 2.021 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 64 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 1.914 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 36 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.125 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.714 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.613 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.510 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.218 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 48 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.48 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  15. 1.515 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 2.214 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 42 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.57 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.56 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 55 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 1.515 km SSE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 58 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.711 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away

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