M1.7 earthquake 26 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 26 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska on Sun, Jun 28, 2020, 3:18 PM AKDT (23:18 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 14 km NW of Nikiski, 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
- 2020-06-28 23:18:00 UTC
- Depth
- 35.5 km (22.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.009° N, 150.233° 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
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 190 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.749 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 80 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 88 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.09 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.58 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.514 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.019 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.65 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 45 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 218
- 2.53 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.15 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.93 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 80 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.733 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.213 km E of Tyonek, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 57 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.125 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 40 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.68 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.13 km SW of Knik, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
- 2.110 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.015 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 1.511 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.84 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 37 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.89 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.211 km S of Hope, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 31 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.514 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 44 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.018 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.75 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.313 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2277 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 1.622 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2277 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.118 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2277 days ago · 59 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.826 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.83 km WNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 54 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.17 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.317 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 54 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.821 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.541 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.019 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 77 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.63 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 58 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.510 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.76 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.540 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 80 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.112 km S of Sunrise, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.942 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.441 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.511 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.515 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 42 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.515 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.943 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.934 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.716 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 57 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 67 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.815 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.818 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.316 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.615 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.221 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.725 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.730 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2267 days ago · 104 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.56 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.44 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 36 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 3.914 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 69 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 62
- 1.915 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 69 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of 190.
Before
- 2.58 km SE of Beluga, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 54 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.730 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 70 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2286 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.58 km WNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 43 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.411 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 37 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 1.610 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.49 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 41 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 37
- 2.239 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.519 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.512 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 34 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.535 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 88 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.932 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 75 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.623 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 56 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.514 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.645 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 74 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.41 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 1.929 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 74 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.327 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 50 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.97 km NW of Houston, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
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