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M 1.9ml
Earthquake near Fishhook, AK
No earthquake was likely felt in Fishhook in the 24 hours to 10:34 pm AKST (07:34 UTC). The last one was M 4.4, 118 km (73 mi) E, at 11:11 am AKDT on 30 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 54 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Fishhook
This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 30 km (18 mi) north of Fishhook, AK, at 3:30 am AKDT on 20 March 2020 (11:30 UTC), 5.0 km deep.
USGS: 29 km N of Fishhook, Alaska
94 km (58 mi) NNE of Anchorage, AK
- When
- 3:30 am AKDT on 20 March 2020 ()
- Where
- 30 km (18 mi) north of Fishhook, AK · earthquakes near Fishhook
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 31 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2419 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 14 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In Fishhook, 30 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.3 on 2017-08-21 — about 4,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 8 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 5.9 23 km NE of Willow, Alaska · 26 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.8 37 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 32 km N of this epicentre
- 5.8 14 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 20 km SSE of this epicentre
- 5.4 25 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 44 km W of this epicentre
- 5.3 3 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 46 km SSW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 62.0087, -149.2973. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 31 km (19 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Matanuska-Susitna Borough |
| Anchorage Municipality, AK | 93 km (58 mi) | S | earthquakes near Anchorage Municipality |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
55 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 3.0 15 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska
- 2.0 9 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska
- 1.5 15 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska
- 1.9 34 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska
- 1.6 10 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska
- 1.6 17 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska
- 1.5 14 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska
- 1.9 21 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska
- 1.8 5 km ENE of Lazy Mountain, Alaska
- 2.0 9 km NNE of Houston, Alaska
- 2.8 19 km ENE of Willow, Alaska
- 1.8 8 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska
- 1.9 19 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska
- 2.1 13 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska
- 2.2 16 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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