M1.8 earthquake 54 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 54 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska on Wed, May 13, 2020, 6:17 PM AKDT (02:17 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 7 km SE of Girdwood, 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
- 2020-05-14 02:17:15 UTC
- Depth
- 8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.559° N, 147.453° 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
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.732 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.353 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.76 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.732 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.112 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.436 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.951 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.737 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.630 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.155 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.247 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.617 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.819 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.734 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.129 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.830 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2310 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.032 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.542 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.840 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.019 km SE of Valdez, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.230 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.142 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.243 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.640 km WNW of Valdez, AK · 2304 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.548 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.555 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.348 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2301 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2301 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.911 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 15
- 1.730 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.539 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.835 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.536 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.712 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 9
- 4.27 km SE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 865 · tsunami flag
- 2.030 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.528 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.731 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2294 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.638 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.923 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2292 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 1.930 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2292 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.645 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.19 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
- 1.721 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.556 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.016 km S of Valdez, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 1.544 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.657 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.550 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.977 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.577 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.011 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.531 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.642 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.632 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.832 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.541 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.539 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
The first 60 of 63.
Before
- 1.717 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.938 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.632 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.550 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.538 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.534 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.820 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.157 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.859 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.158 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.649 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.819 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.047 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.837 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.755 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.3Southern Alaska · 2344 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.56 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.564 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.233 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.745 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
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