Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 22 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 22 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska on Thu, Aug 6, 2020, 2:16 AM AKDT (10:16 UTC), 54 km (34 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-08-06 10:16:35 UTC
Depth
54.0 km (33.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.368° N, 150.726° 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
50

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 122 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.667 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 109 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.58 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 1.847 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 90 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.514 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 89 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 2.87 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 5
  6. 1.918 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 101 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.724 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 53 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 1.711 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 1.515 km SSE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.56 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 55 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 1.520 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 86 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.57 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.129 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 108 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 2.214 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 42 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.515 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 41 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 2.48 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.218 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 48 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.510 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 61 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 1.613 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.714 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 2.125 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 73 km deep · 52 km away
  22. 2.021 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 64 km deep · 23 km away
  23. 1.730 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 63 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 1.84 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 2.134 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 77 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 1.58 km SE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 1.52 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 36 km deep · 39 km away
  28. 2.07 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 42 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 2.435 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 59 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 1.65 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 1.58 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away
  32. 1.522 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 59 km deep · 12 km away
  33. 1.668 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 109 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 1.66 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
  35. 1.613 km SSE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 1.69 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 3.14 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 18
  38. 2.417 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 56 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 1.838 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 84 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 1.921 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 83 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 1.866 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 117 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 1.922 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 1.62 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 51 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 1.523 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 62 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 2.76 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.62 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 50 km deep · 25 km away
  47. 1.74 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
  48. 1.77 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
  49. 1.51 km SW of Knik, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 53 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 1.83 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
  51. 1.917 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 47 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 1.541 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 105 km deep · 77 km away
  53. 1.62 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 45 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.125 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
  55. 2.218 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
  56. 1.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
  57. 1.712 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 1.823 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 45 km deep · 19 km away
  59. 1.823 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
  60. 2.225 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 1.93 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 39 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 2.38 km NW of Sterling, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 41 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 2.112 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 64 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.830 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 2.54 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 38 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 1.615 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 1.934 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 101 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 1.638 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 82 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.513 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 38 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 2.34 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 40 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 1.92 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 47 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 1.815 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 42 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 1.66 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 1.68 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 51 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.622 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.53 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.634 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 81 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 1.626 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 1.69 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 54 km deep · 14 km away

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