Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 9 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 9 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska on Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 11:35 AM AKDT (19:35 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 14 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-06-20 19:35:31 UTC
Depth
19.6 km (12.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.886° N, 150.841° 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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 90 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.17 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 18
  2. 2.02 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 55 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.84 km NW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2292 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.047 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2291 days ago · 97 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.64 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.59 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.575 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 116 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.79 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 44 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 2.28 km SW of Kenai, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 1.58 km SW of Kenai, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 1.618 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.327 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 1.929 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 74 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 1.524 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.41 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.645 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.121 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 1.623 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 1.535 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 88 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.512 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 1.519 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 61 km deep · 27 km away
  22. 2.239 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 3.49 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 37
  24. 2.411 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  25. 1.58 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2285 days ago · 62 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 1.730 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 70 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 2.58 km SE of Beluga, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 54 km deep · 23 km away
  29. 1.726 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
  30. 1.749 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 80 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 1.650 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 88 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 2.09 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 71 km deep · 46 km away
  33. 1.870 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 151 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 1.58 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 2.514 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 67 km deep · 52 km away
  36. 2.019 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 3.65 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 218
  38. 2.53 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 45 km deep · 87 km away
  39. 2.15 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
  40. 2.114 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 1.93 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 80 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 2.139 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 1.733 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 2.213 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 57 km deep · 20 km away
  45. 2.125 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
  46. 1.68 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 2.13 km SW of Knik, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  48. 2.110 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 63 km deep · 23 km away
  49. 1.511 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  50. 1.84 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 1.89 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 2.211 km S of Hope, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 31 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 1.514 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away
  54. 1.867 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 107 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 1.745 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 2.018 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
  57. 1.75 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2277 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 2.313 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.623 km NNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 1.622 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.78 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2294 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.952 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2294 days ago · 103 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 4.27 km SE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 865 · tsunami flag
  4. 1.89 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 75 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.933 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 73 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.411 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.116 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.519 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 59 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.170 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 124 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.522 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2299 days ago · 45 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 1.95 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2299 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 1.58 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 1.626 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 71 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.12 km WSW of Sterling, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 2.166 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2301 days ago · 110 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.70 km N of Funny River, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 1.731 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 44 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 1.717 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.114 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 48 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 1.85 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0207wryhtb. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:49 PM UTC.