M1.7 earthquake 68 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 68 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 11:31 AM AKDT (19:31 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 38 km WNW of Nanwalek, 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-20 19:31:29 UTC
- Depth
- 63.3 km (39.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.964° N, 152.850° 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
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 172 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.577 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 93 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.232 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 130 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.552 km NE of Aleneva, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 31 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.558 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 100 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.663 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 104 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.938 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 73 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3 · tsunami flag
- 3.863 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 90 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2 · tsunami flag
- 1.733 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 118 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.568 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 64 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.353 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 83 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.546 km WSW of Nanwalek, AK · 2232 days ago · 66 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 103 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.552 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 92 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.748 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 86 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.581 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 72 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 62 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.640 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 121 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.595 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 91 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.661 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 91 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.133 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 60 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.695 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.644 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 125 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.680 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 65 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.593 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.121 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.179 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 69 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.756 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 98 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.065 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 86 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.047 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 113 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.644 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.233 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 88 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.657 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 72 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.875 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 108 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 88 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.162 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 105 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.546 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 114 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.640 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 115 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.557 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.232 km NNE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.735 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 116 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 95 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.373 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 65 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.78 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 55 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 12
- 2.861 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 70 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.450 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 82 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.816 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 66 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.862 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 99 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.661 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 126 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.157 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 107 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.543 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 116 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.838 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 111 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.655 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 104 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.540 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 63 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.558 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 95 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.738 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 117 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.661 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 65 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.850 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 75 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.547 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 122 km deep · 95 km away
The first 60 of 172.
Before
- 2.480 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.879 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.732 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.174 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 66 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.061 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 108 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.260 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 122 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.555 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 97 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 78 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.940 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 81 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.581 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 66 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.264 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 65 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.828 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 127 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.053 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 103 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.531 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 122 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.459 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 106 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 108 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.750 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 79 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.163 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 120 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.460 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 115 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.747 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 108 km deep · 71 km away
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