Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 23 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 23 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Sun, Aug 23, 2020, 4:23 PM AKDT (00:23 UTC), 45 km (28 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
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-08-24 00:23:11 UTC
Depth
45.4 km (28.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.310° N, 150.397° 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: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 100 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.823 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.225 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 3.44 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 59
  4. 1.636 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 65 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.012 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 1.55 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 31 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 2.034 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.910 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.542 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 99 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 1.68 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 74 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 1.916 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 38 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 1.736 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.54 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 49 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 1.59 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 36 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 1.64 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 1.62 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 50 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 1.88 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 29 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 2.620 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 60 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.129 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 76 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.64 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 43 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 2.40 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 41 km deep · 33 km away
  22. 1.85 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 1.939 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 82 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 2.411 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.52 km NNE of Funny River, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 1.551 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 96 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 2.05 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 32 km deep · 33 km away
  28. 1.723 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 66 km deep · 42 km away
  29. 2.215 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 32 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 2.011 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 2.27 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
  32. 1.615 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
  33. 2.416 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 61 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 1.56 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.612 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  36. 1.638 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 83 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 1.618 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 1.73 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 39 km deep · 24 km away
  39. 2.43 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
  40. 1.615 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  41. 1.97 km SE of Willow, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away
  42. 1.620 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 44 km deep · 22 km away
  43. 1.540 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 73 km deep · 64 km away
  44. 1.74 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 37 km deep · 21 km away
  45. 1.619 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 1.725 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 40 km deep · 74 km away
  47. 1.64 km N of Knik, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 31 km deep · 41 km away
  48. 1.63 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 38 km deep · 36 km away
  49. 1.610 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 52 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 2.331 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 56 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 2.928 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 70 km deep · 52 km away
  52. 1.966 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 124 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 1.925 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 71 km deep · 28 km away
  54. 1.534 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 65 km deep · 56 km away
  55. 1.86 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
  56. 1.610 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
  57. 1.510 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
  58. 1.67 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 60 km deep · 26 km away
  59. 1.93 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  60. 1.519 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 52 km deep · 59 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 1.712 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 2.218 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.125 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 1.62 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.541 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 105 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.917 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.83 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 39 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 1.51 km SW of Knik, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 53 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 1.77 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 1.74 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 1.62 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 2.76 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.523 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 62 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 1.62 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 51 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 1.922 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.838 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 84 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.417 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 3.14 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 46 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 18
  20. 1.69 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away

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