Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 10 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 10 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska on Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 11:45 PM AKDT (07:45 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 7 km SE of Girdwood, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-04-20 07:45:58 UTC
Depth
6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.977° N, 150.840° 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
54

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 112 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.359 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 108 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2356 days ago · 66 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 1.716 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.817 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 39 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 2.79 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.641 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 83 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 1.920 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 63 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 2.33 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2354 days ago · 44 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 1.67 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 2.524 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 1.620 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 50 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.85 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 32 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.92 km S of Houston, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.76 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 74 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.77 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 2.11 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.725 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 75 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.08 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 12
  19. 2.223 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 49 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 1.565 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 109 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 1.620 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 51 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 2.89 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 61 km deep · 35 km away
  23. 1.58 km ENE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 46 km deep · 46 km away
  24. 1.644 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 87 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 1.526 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 68 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 1.65 km ESE of Salamatof, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 60 km deep · 46 km away
  27. 1.621 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 54 km deep · 33 km away
  28. 3.310 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 6
  29. 1.510 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 46 km deep · 20 km away
  30. 1.54 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 1.94 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 1.824 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 1.522 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 1.610 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 2.123 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 75 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 1.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away
  37. 2.14 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 1.758 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 96 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 1.856 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 96 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 2.454 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 95 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 1.8Southern Alaska · 2343 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
  42. 2.13 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 1.821 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 1.93 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 107 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 1.52 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 1.814 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 60 km deep · 90 km away
  48. 1.712 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 43 km deep · 53 km away
  49. 1.661 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 104 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 1.621 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 67 km deep · 42 km away
  51. 2.019 km S of Susitna, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 1.574 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  53. 1.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
  54. 1.617 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  55. 1.538 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 76 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 2.57 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.59 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 61 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 1.532 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 75 km deep · 59 km away
  59. 2.29 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 2.60 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.564 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 106 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.516 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 1.530 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 55 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 3.25 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2357 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 10
  5. 1.630 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2357 days ago · 79 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 1.58 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.627 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 201 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.82 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 2.212 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 51 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 1.747 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 84 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 3.825 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 272
  12. 1.729 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 68 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 2.13 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.99 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.618 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 1.817 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 74 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 1.92 km WNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 52 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.49 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 51 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 1.722 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 62 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 1.839 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 74 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02053p3bs0. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:18 PM UTC.