Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 37 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 37 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska on Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 4:47 PM AKST (01:47 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

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
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-22 01:47:32 UTC
Depth
20.5 km (12.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.098° N, 148.472° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 109 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.14 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.76 km S of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 1.54 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 3.47 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 33
  5. 1.822 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 1.77 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.923 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.639 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.955 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.64 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.727 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.52 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.637 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 1.98 km NE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.552 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 1.754 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.650 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.56 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 31 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 1.522 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 38 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 1.63 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 1.618 km N of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 1.813 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  23. 2.717 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.08 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 30 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2436 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 2.047 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  27. 1.65 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 1.68 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
  29. 1.520 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 1.98 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 40 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 1.829 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 1.813 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 1.656 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 1.84 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 30 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 1.735 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2432 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
  38. 1.533 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 1.911 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 2.112 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 1.55 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  42. 1.820 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 1.86 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 1.96 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 1.557 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 1.512 km S of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 1.554 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 1.555 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  49. 1.614 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 1.74 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2425 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
  52. 1.77 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  53. 2.015 km S of Hope, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 2.45 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.533 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 1.62 km W of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 3.18 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  58. 2.48 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 1.651 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
  60. 2.62 km SW of Point MacKenzie, AK · 2422 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 160.

Before

  1. 1.940 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.68 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 1.94 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 30 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.528 km NE of Whittier, AK · 2444 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 2.841 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.02 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.512 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.69 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.68 km NNW of Whittier, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 1.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.719 km WSW of Whittier, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 3.33 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 57
  13. 1.95 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.019 km SW of Knik River, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 1.822 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 2.251 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 2.13 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.02 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.737 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.94 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02010ep7ly. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:59 AM UTC.