Alaska earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake Southern Alaska

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Tue, Dec 22, 2020, 4:59 PM AKST (01:59 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 17 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-12-23 01:59:23 UTC
Depth
41.7 km (25.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.762° N, 149.627° 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
33

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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 158 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.811 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.620 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 53 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 1.6Central Alaska · 2109 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.528 km WNW of Hope, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 1.521 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.613 km NNW of Hope, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 1.57 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 32 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 1.76 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 2.113 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.5Central Alaska · 2109 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.632 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 80 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.021 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.831 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 3.05 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 18
  15. 2.822 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.96 km WNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 39 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.77 km W of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 7
  18. 2.128 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 65 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.529 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 79 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.336 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 1.53 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 39 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 1.518 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 2.63 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
  24. 2.048 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 52 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 1.59 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
  26. 1.515 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 42 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 1.57 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 1.542 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
  29. 2.414 km W of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  30. 1.62 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 1.52 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 44 km deep · 33 km away
  32. 2.00 km N of Willow, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 39 km deep · 22 km away
  33. 2.56 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 41 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 1.97 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 39 km deep · 41 km away
  35. 1.815 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 1.918 km SW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
  37. 1.726 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 62 km deep · 79 km away
  38. 1.916 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  39. 2.514 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
  40. 1.527 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 32 km deep · 16 km away
  41. 1.87 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  42. 1.632 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 80 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2100 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 1.525 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 69 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 2.013 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 43 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 1.77 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away
  47. 2.28 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 56 km deep · 45 km away
  48. 2.319 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
  49. 2.317 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 46 km deep · 42 km away
  50. 1.68 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 1.97 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 38 km deep · 26 km away
  52. 1.525 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 75 km deep · 73 km away
  53. 1.638 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 48 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 2.030 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.547 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 69 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 1.933 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 50 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 1.98 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  58. 1.510 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 2.245 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 48 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 1.828 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.620 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 1.513 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 51 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 1.812 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 50 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.0Southern Alaska · 2110 days ago · 69 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.717 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.517 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 1.620 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 68 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.621 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 54 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 1.98 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 37 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 1.624 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.814 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.345 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 75 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 3.044 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 2.010 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 72 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.17 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 2.22 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 44 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.818 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.525 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.610 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.7Central Alaska · 2114 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away

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