M1.6 earthquake 16 km NNE of Chase, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 16 km NNE of Chase, Alaska on Tue, Jan 20, 2026, 8:16 AM AKST (17:16 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 8 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-01-20 17:16:20 UTC
- Depth
- 1.2 km (0.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 62.582° N, 149.973° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.4 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- 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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.148 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 257 days ago · 107 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.950 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 257 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.951 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 257 days ago · 106 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.05 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 257 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.571 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 256 days ago · 119 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.662 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 256 days ago · 129 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.465 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 256 days ago · 121 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.336 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 256 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 4.144 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 256 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 1.772 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 256 days ago · 112 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.562 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 256 days ago · 66 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.048 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 256 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.838 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 256 days ago · 57 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.531 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 256 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.617 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 255 days ago · 60 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.852 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 255 days ago · 114 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.531 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 255 days ago · 58 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.538 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 255 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.711 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 255 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.529 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 255 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.73 km W of Willow, Alaska · 255 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.639 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 255 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.546 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 255 days ago · 100 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.131 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 255 days ago · 70 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.558 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 255 days ago · 110 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.613 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 254 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.850 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 254 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.929 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 254 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.742 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 254 days ago · 95 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.735 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 253 days ago · 61 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.156 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 253 days ago · 78 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.969 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 253 days ago · 116 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.523 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 253 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.736 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 253 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.750 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 253 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.724 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 253 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.522 km ESE of Chase, Alaska · 253 days ago · 55 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.624 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 253 days ago · 84 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.760 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 253 days ago · 98 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.827 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 252 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.933 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 252 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.130 km N of Chase, Alaska · 252 days ago · 68 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.818 km W of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 252 days ago · 64 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 1.925 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 252 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.720 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 252 days ago · 65 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.871 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 252 days ago · 100 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.813 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 252 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.071 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 252 days ago · 98 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.813 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 252 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.929 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 252 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.660 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 252 days ago · 75 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.725 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 251 days ago · 84 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.571 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 251 days ago · 116 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.267 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 251 days ago · 126 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.452 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 251 days ago · 67 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.364 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 251 days ago · 127 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.833 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 251 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.719 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 251 days ago · 56 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.011 km NNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 251 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.664 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 251 days ago · 124 km deep · 84 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.848 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 257 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.318 km NW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 257 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.830 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 257 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.743 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 257 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.067 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 257 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.518 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 257 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.512 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 257 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.531 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 258 days ago · 83 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.254 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 258 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.916 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 258 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.018 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 258 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.816 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 258 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.564 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 258 days ago · 126 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.852 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 258 days ago · 114 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.159 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 258 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.535 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 258 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.524 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 258 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.028 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 258 days ago · 64 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.543 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 258 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.915 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 258 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away
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