M1.5 earthquake 6 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 6 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Thu, Nov 26, 2020, 5:45 PM AKST (02:45 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 10 km NE of Cooper Landing, 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-27 02:45:49 UTC
- Depth
- 42.8 km (26.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.365° N, 150.098° 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
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 198 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.151 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 114 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.636 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 81 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.914 km N of Hope, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 23
- 1.621 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.07 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 40 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 14
- 1.67 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.316 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.550 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 84 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.19 km NNE of Sunrise, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.652 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.46 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 43 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.521 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.929 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.816 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.92 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.840 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 66 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.752 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.927 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.916 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.513 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.533 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 89 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.716 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 49 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 1.523 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 103 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.540 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 81 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.72 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 43 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 4
- 1.840 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.51 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 39 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.022 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.552 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 87 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.58 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 31 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.729 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 63 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2130 days ago · 41 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
- 1.717 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 46 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2130 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.93 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.76 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 36 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.349 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 120 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.629 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.614 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 47 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.522 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 48 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 55
- 3.013 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 74 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 10
- 1.75 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 74 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.519 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 62 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.528 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.922 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 58 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.627 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 69 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.449 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.713 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.845 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.527 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.52 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 42 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.84 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.95 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 40 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 6
- 1.623 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 75 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.57 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 54 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.130 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
The first 60 of 194.
Before
- 1.619 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.54 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 41 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.54 km NW of Lakes, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.717 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 2.517 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 43 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.618 km SSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 181 · tsunami flag
- 1.711 km S of Willow, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 43 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.523 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 2.114 km SE of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 1.623 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.736 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.510 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.820 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 56 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.622 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.328 km S of Knik River, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.56 km ENE of Houston, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.82 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 43 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.05 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.61 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 54 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 5
- 1.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 48 km deep · 19 km away
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