M1.7 earthquake 52 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 52 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska on Sun, Oct 18, 2020, 5:59 AM AKDT (13:59 UTC), 91 km (57 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 87 km W of Salamatof, 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
- 2020-10-18 13:59:32 UTC
- Depth
- 91.1 km (56.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.316° N, 152.442° 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
- 63
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 174 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.758 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 114 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.662 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 93 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.980 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 145 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.864 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.661 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 112 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.659 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 84 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.047 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 145 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.662 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 103 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.636 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 116 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.860 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 134 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.650 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.540 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 88 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.961 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 100 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.844 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 140 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 105 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.951 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 133 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.757 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 128 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.019 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 61 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 101 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.540 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 83 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 81 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 84 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.52 km SW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 67 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2171 days ago · 133 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.731 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 79 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 82 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.355 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 103 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.762 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 103 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.761 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 103 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.834 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 69 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.147 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 138 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.222 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 66 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.848 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 86 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.171 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 116 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.362 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 91 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.158 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 92 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.045 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 117 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.027 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 75 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 83 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.644 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 82 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.813 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.616 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 63 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2168 days ago · 103 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.460 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 104 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.717 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 65 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.721 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 67 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.957 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 106 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.047 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 113 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.047 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 96 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.610 km SW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.256 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 100 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.262 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 118 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.062 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 99 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.52 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.132 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 138 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.726 km SW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 84 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 2166 days ago · 121 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.058 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 99 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.637 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 117 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.913 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 48 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.844 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 96 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.215 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.577 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 123 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.879 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 139 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.569 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 112 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.062 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 101 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.522 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 94 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.830 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 80 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.917 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.646 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 117 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.640 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 132 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.960 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 113 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.119 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.551 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 103 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.045 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 83 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.640 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 131 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.574 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 128 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.540 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
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