Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 28 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 28 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska on Tue, Aug 18, 2020, 10:54 PM AKDT (06:54 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 15 km E of Ferry, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-08-19 06:54:11 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.401° N, 147.418° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
27

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.327 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.626 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.711 km NE of Fox, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.227 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 100 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 3.427 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 14
  6. 2.227 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.827 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.128 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
  9. 2.626 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 3.030 km SSW of Ester, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 89
  11. 3.615 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 16
  12. 1.538 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 1.570 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 1.751 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.815 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 108 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.931 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.628 km SSE of Minto, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 2.216 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.57 km N of Healy, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.935 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 1.75 km N of Healy, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 1.854 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 1.679 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 1.82 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 1.97 km N of Healy, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.228 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 1.624 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 90 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 1.815 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 1.53 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 123 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 1.911 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 1.910 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 114 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 1.76 km WSW of North Pole, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  33. 2.032 km ESE of Minto, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 3.511 km W of Nenana, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 27
  35. 1.619 km E of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  36. 1.578 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 2.425 km NE of Ferry, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 2.275 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 2.273 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 1.924 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  41. 1.636 km NNE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 2.260 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.958 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 116 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 1.74 km NW of Moose Creek, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 1.527 km WSW of Ester, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 3.48 km NNE of Ferry, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.16 km WNW of Ferry, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  7. 1.820 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.369 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.810 km ESE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 1.723 km E of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away

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