M1.7 earthquake 47 km NW of Beluga, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 47 km NW of Beluga, Alaska on Sat, Aug 1, 2020, 9:30 AM AKDT (17:30 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-01 17:30:09 UTC
- Depth
- 97.2 km (60.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.439° N, 151.718° 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
- 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 93 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.851 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 99 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.259 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 109 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.815 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 67 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.69 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 54 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.626 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.634 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 81 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.622 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 1.68 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 51 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.66 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.815 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.92 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.34 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.513 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 38 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.638 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 82 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.934 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 101 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.615 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.54 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.112 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 64 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.93 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.922 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 54 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.667 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 109 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.847 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 90 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.876 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 124 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.514 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 89 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.918 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 101 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.724 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 53 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.711 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.56 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 55 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.520 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 86 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.129 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 108 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.872 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 128 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.747 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 102 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.943 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 100 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.214 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.515 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.48 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 1.510 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 61 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.769 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 127 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.613 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 69 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.125 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 73 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 97 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.021 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 64 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.730 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.84 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.134 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 77 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.58 km SE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.52 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.435 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 59 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.65 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 50 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.58 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.522 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 59 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.940 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.668 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 109 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.841 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 105 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.66 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.69 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.14 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 18
- 1.838 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 84 km deep · 56 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.860 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 112 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.336 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 95 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.713 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 71 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.26 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2254 days ago · 51 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 105 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.05 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.372 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.626 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.514 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.540 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 105 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.03 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.031 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 74 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.737 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 73 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.737 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.48 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 62 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.922 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.29 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
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