Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 26 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 26 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska on Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 4:38 PM AKST (01:38 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 61 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Salcha forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-11-19 01:38:36 UTC
Depth
4.4 km (2.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
64.407° N, 147.375° 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
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.811 km ENE of Fox, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.77 km NNE of Healy, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.636 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.118 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.620 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.645 km WSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 2.415 km WNW of Ester, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.557 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.513 km NNW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.99 km S of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.98 km NNE of Fort Greely, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 1.622 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 102 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 1.535 km NNE of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.730 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.514 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.85 km SSW of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 101
  17. 1.589 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.67 km S of Ferry, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 121 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.961 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 1.717 km E of Ferry, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 1.512 km ENE of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  22. 2.120 km S of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 2.320 km SSE of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
  24. 1.5Central Alaska · 2083 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away

Before

  1. 1.868 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.969 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.066 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.964 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.610 km N of Healy, AK · 2157 days ago · 129 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.528 km NE of Ester, AK · 2159 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 1.512 km WSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 1.66 km SE of South Van Horn, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.660 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.011 km NW of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.726 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 1.620 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.682 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.74 km WNW of North Pole, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.514 km NNW of Whitestone, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 1.769 km SW of Whitestone, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 1.546 km ESE of Nenana, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 1.618 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 100 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.517 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 89 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.160 km WSW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020evuy3mr. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:13 PM UTC.