Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 6 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 6 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska on Sat, May 23, 2020, 3:49 AM AKDT (11:49 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 5 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-05-23 11:49:16 UTC
Depth
36.8 km (22.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.829° N, 148.816° 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
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 141 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.35 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.57 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.65 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.436 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.219 km ESE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.951 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.03 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 1.814 km NNE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.67 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.07 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.620 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 37 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 1.55 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 2.457 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.14 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 1.865 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.934 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.917 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.65 km NW of Houston, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.25 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.147 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 2.247 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 1.86 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 1.89 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 1.611 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2314 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 2.05 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
  28. 1.64 km E of Willow, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 2.629 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.75 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 1.825 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 41 km deep · 48 km away
  32. 2.13 km W of Glacier View, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 1.98 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 1.926 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 1.556 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 2.02 km SSW of Houston, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
  37. 2.125 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 49 km deep · 43 km away
  38. 2.19 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 2.216 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  41. 1.71 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 2.113 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 34 km deep · 40 km away
  43. 1.542 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 1.919 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 54 km deep · 72 km away
  45. 1.57 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 1.78 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 1.52 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
  48. 1.920 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 2.018 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 52 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 1.88 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
  51. 2.243 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  52. 1.634 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  53. 2.248 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 40 km deep · 44 km away
  54. 1.629 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
  55. 1.552 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  56. 1.742 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 1.85 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away
  58. 2.819 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 40 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.09 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2301 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 1.839 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2301 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away

The first 60 of 141.

Before

  1. 1.64 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.714 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 1.631 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 2.45 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.911 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 53 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.55 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.14 km NNE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 2.949 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.744 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 54 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 1.93 km N of Lakes, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 1.914 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.48 km NW of Houston, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.62 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 1.611 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 44 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 1.627 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 31 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 2.332 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 1.66 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 3.14 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 19
  20. 2.211 km E of Willow, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0206mc8a42. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:30 PM UTC.