Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 24 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 24 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska on Mon, Jan 13, 2020, 1:42 PM AKST (22:42 UTC), 36 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 5 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-13 22:42:01 UTC
Depth
36.4 km (22.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.999° N, 148.821° 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: 182 in the 60 days after this one and 130 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.512 km SSE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.16 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.515 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.473 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.529 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 1.820 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.66 km NE of Houston, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 1.935 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 46 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 1.528 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.94 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 2.02 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.13 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.019 km SW of Knik River, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.95 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 3.33 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 52 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 57
  17. 1.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 44 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 2.96 km E of Willow, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 1.69 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.02 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 2.841 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.94 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 1.68 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  24. 2.14 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 1.76 km S of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 1.54 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 3.47 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 33
  28. 1.822 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  29. 1.617 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
  30. 1.77 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
  31. 1.976 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
  32. 1.923 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  33. 1.64 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 1.823 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 1.52 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 1.610 km WSW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
  37. 1.637 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  38. 1.98 km NE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 2.715 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
  40. 1.56 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 1.910 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 1.724 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  43. 2.454 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 73 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 3.116 km WNW of Willow, AK · 2439 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 5
  45. 1.63 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 1.545 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
  47. 2.49 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 1.722 km N of Willow, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away
  49. 2.717 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 43 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.08 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 1.513 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
  52. 1.58 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  53. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2436 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 1.65 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
  55. 1.94 km S of Willow, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 1.68 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 32 km deep · 86 km away
  57. 1.520 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 1.98 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  60. 1.534 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away

The first 60 of 182.

Before

  1. 3.822 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 55
  2. 1.53 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.53 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.711 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.94 km NE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.19 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 38 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 3.576 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 64 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.230 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 71 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.416 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 60 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 2.44 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 36 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.764 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 56 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.717 km WNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 34 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2456 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.361 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 1.938 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 1.520 km W of Glacier View, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.87 km S of Knik, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.5Central Alaska · 2457 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 1.93 km E of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020lvbylx. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:34 PM UTC.