M1.8 earthquake 51 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 51 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Sat, Aug 15, 2020, 10:13 PM AKDT (06:13 UTC), 78 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 38 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-16 06:13:44 UTC
- Depth
- 77.7 km (48.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.537° N, 152.765° 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
- 64
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 138 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.741 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 130 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.657 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 154 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.555 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 97 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.260 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 122 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 82 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 108 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.656 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 99 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.174 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 66 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 91 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.310 km NNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
- 1.879 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.665 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 107 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.650 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 112 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.423 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 82 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.133 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 127 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.051 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 120 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.768 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.232 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 130 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 98 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.666 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 139 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.060 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 113 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.658 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 123 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.158 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 111 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 107 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.861 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 128 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.558 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 100 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.945 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 161 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.663 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 104 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.938 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 73 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 3 · tsunami flag
- 1.769 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 118 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.863 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 90 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
- 1.837 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 92 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.733 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 118 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.353 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 83 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.546 km WSW of Nanwalek, AK · 2229 days ago · 66 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 103 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 73 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.763 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 130 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.552 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 92 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.748 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 86 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.581 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 72 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 62 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.640 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 121 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.661 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 91 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.133 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.822 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.848 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 164 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.656 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 145 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.644 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 125 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2226 days ago · 103 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 107 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.680 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 92 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.769 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 114 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.651 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 153 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.72 km E of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 60 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.593 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2224 days ago · 136 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 91 km deep · 60 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.940 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 81 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.581 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.264 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 65 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.828 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 127 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.053 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 103 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.531 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 122 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.459 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 106 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.718 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 158 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.539 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 185 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 108 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.955 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 125 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.851 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 112 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.644 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 178 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.769 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 108 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.750 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 79 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.044 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 96 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.767 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 133 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.049 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 139 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.344 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 150 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.574 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 117 km deep · 74 km away
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