M1.7 earthquake 4 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 4 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 1:40 PM AKDT (21:40 UTC), 35 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 2 km E of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-28 21:40:35 UTC
- Depth
- 34.5 km (21.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.376° N, 150.065° 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
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 197 in the 60 days after this one and 125 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.227 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.912 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.57 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.613 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 43 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.910 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.622 km NNW of Nikiski, AK · 2162 days ago · 66 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.729 km SE of Nikiski, AK · 2162 days ago · 82 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.74 km NNW of Tyonek, AK · 2162 days ago · 58 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.021 km SE of Eagle River, AK · 2161 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 1.813 km NE of Big Lake, AK · 2161 days ago · 43 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.824 km SSE of Fishhook, AK · 2161 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.525 km SE of Susitna, AK · 2161 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.57.2 km NE of Point MacKenzie, AK · 2161 days ago · 46 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.620 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.67 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.811 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 39 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.84 km SW of Beluga, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 53 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.026 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.29 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.623.4 km WNW of Skwentna, AK · 2160 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.821 km S of Fishhook, AK · 2160 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.55 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, AK · 2160 days ago · 36 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.616.2 km SSE of Susitna, AK · 2159 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.95 km WNW of Houston, AK · 2159 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.522 km SSW of Beluga, AK · 2159 days ago · 60 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.840 km SE of Beluga, AK · 2159 days ago · 78 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.637 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 82 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.621 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.633 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.61 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 77 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.619 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.537 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.814 km NNE of Susitna, AK · 2158 days ago · 48 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.011 km ENE of Sterling, AK · 2158 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Knik, AK · 2158 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.53 km WNW of Houston, AK · 2158 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.936 km E of Tyonek, AK · 2157 days ago · 82 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.65 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, AK · 2157 days ago · 36 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.610 km SE of Point Possession, AK · 2157 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.515 km ENE of Susitna, AK · 2157 days ago · 57 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.611 km NNE of Sunrise, AK · 2157 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.23 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 55 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.827 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 72 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.725 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 67 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 1.829 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 62 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 100 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.312 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 72 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.923 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.524 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 56 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.532 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 66 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.534 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 89 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.222 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 54 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.212 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.527 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 74 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 5.12 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1 · tsunami flag
- 3.75 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 43 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.43 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 43 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.03 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 45 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.86 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 46 km deep · 23 km away
The first 60 of 197.
Before
- 1.525 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.318 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 43 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.512 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2165 days ago · 39 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.522 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.718 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.612 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.035 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 75 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2166 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.512 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2166 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.619 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.54 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 62 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.515 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.521 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 34 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.616 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.25 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 34 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.88 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.632 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 60 km deep · 67 km away
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