M1.6 earthquake 1 km WSW of Ridgeway, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 1 km WSW of Ridgeway, Alaska on Sun, Dec 27, 2020, 3:51 PM AKST (00:51 UTC), 60 km (37 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 12 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-28 00:51:42 UTC
- Depth
- 60.3 km (37.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.527° N, 151.111° 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
- 38
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 153 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.518 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.771 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 113 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.54 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.164 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 113 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.037 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.837 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.637 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.939 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 97 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.849 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 82 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 100 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 110 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 107 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.929 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 82 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.815 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.938 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 81 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.827 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.726 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.841 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 92 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.844 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 85 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.59 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.912 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 68 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 118 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.09 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 61 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 109 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.950 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 87 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.046 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 96 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 92 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 106 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.675 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 110 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.55 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 55 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.510 km NE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 37 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 9
- 1.63 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.646 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.66 km S of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.510 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 60 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 86 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.955 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 100 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.638 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 93 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.363 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 116 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.07 km WSW of Fox River, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 52 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.419 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.914 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 61 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.865 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 117 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.016 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.58 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 55 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.631 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 85 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.527 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 83 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.58 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 55 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.633 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 80 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.821 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.644 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 92 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.822 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 75 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.9Southern Alaska · 2091 days ago · 108 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.719 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 58 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.645 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 92 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.55 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.017 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 59 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.811 km S of Fox River, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.51 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 61 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.627 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.249 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 91 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.653 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 107 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.917 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 69 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.766 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 114 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.580 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 133 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 108 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.928 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 81 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.829 km W of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.621 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 78 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.543 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 79 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.223 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 63 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.024 km W of Ninilchik, AK · 2104 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.743 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 83 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.510 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 65 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.54 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 58 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.513 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.919 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 73 km deep · 29 km away
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