M1.7 earthquake 59 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 59 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 12:50 PM AKDT (20:50 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 21 km ENE of Cold Bay, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-07-23 20:50:46 UTC
- Depth
- 2.5 km (1.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.766° N, 162.069° 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
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.815 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 195 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.732 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.733 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.059 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 147 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.822 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 76 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.036 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 174 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.124 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 170 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.722 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 85 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.554 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 83 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.26 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 174 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.822 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.635 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 227 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.926 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 145 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.720 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 106 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.654 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 198 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.557 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.925 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 126 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.757 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 148 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.337 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 82 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.321 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 152 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 2.143 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 160 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.817 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.720 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 138 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.539 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 89 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.634 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.555 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.749 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.59 km E of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 92 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.939 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 96 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.140 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 87 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.945 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 82 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.622 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 157 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.020 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 155 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.628 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 193 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.846 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 96 km deep · 92 km away
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