M1.6 earthquake 13 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 13 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska on Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 8:30 PM AKST (05:30 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2019-12-18 05:30:16 UTC
- Depth
- 58.4 km (36.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.962° N, 151.258° 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
- 36
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 178 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.810 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.557 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 102 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.519 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 62 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.918 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.85 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.833 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.212 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 61 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.547 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 90 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.53 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.743 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.223 km E of Beluga, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 44 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.53 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.15 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.528 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 53 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.049 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.073 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.227 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 52 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.75 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.926 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 59 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.620 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 64 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.65 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.433 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.517 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 67 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.744 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 81 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.715 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 42 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.570 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.04 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Kasilof, AK · 2474 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.927 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.86 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.022 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 71 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.717 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 53 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.651 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 84 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.56 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 220
- 1.53 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.54 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.08 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 83 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.820 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.119 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 68 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.58 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.275 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 127 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.621 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 68 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.935 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 112 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.870 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 119 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2473 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.04 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.74 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 40 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.979 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.514 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.831 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 88 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.514 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 75 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.016 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
- 1.726 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.73 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.525 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2480 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.821 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 65 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.85 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.24 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 23
- 4.153 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 104 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 87 · tsunami flag
- 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 76 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.524 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.857 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 101 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.816 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 1.69 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.115 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 226 · tsunami flag
- 2.112 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.927 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.714 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 74 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.031 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.714 km E of Funny River, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 45 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.670 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 134 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.56 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.526 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 68 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.96 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away
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