M1.7 earthquake 56 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 56 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Wed, Jul 22, 2020, 6:18 AM AKDT (14:18 UTC), 94 km (59 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 32 km E of Pedro Bay, 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
- 2020-07-22 14:18:27 UTC
- Depth
- 94.2 km (58.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.346° N, 152.499° 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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 145 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.558 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 105 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.950 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 123 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.827 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 58 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.659 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 121 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.540 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 115 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.652 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 95 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.130 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.956 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 97 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.446 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 90 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.957 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 122 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.541 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 128 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.519 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.564 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 112 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.567 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 123 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.555 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 89 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.353 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 82 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.566 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 102 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.543 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 84 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.559 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 101 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.658 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 110 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2258 days ago · 86 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.943 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 175 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 105 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.825 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.767 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 115 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.146 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 121 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.563 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 133 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.778 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 136 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 94 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.432 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 86 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.459 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 90 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.358 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 123 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.563 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 126 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.263 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 86 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.652 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 88 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.954 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 153 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2256 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.736 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 144 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 92 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.140 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 120 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.848 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 152 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.718 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 68 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 121 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.552 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 127 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.541 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 110 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.443 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 83 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.530 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 89 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.860 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 112 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.123 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 61 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.961 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 95 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.851 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 99 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.818 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 66 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.259 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 109 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.554 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 102 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.815 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.69 km ESE of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.169 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 118 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.056 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 98 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 47 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 1.849 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 96 km deep · 7 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.98 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.158 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 77 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 105 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 98 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.654 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 92 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.954 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 109 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.360 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 101 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.752 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 97 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.638 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 128 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.915 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 69 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.558 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 101 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.914 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 62
- 1.859 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 105 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.749 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 121 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.758 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 142 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 113 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 119 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.645 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 96 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.242 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 78 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.637 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 127 km deep · 75 km away
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