M1.7 earthquake 45 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 45 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska on Fri, Aug 7, 2020, 1:09 PM AKDT (21:09 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 41 km N of Valdez, 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
- 2020-08-07 21:09:21 UTC
- Depth
- 21.8 km (13.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.913° N, 147.518° 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
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.643 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 21 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.742 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.526 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.246 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.524 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.110 km ESE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.749 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.648 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.52 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.929 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.441 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.053 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.548 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.741 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.034 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.924 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.943 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.755 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 2229 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 1.733 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.729 km NNE of Valdez, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.825 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.639 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.649 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.524 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 39 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.137 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.756 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.019 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.747 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.739 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.142 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.128 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.649 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.141 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 103 · tsunami flag
- 1.734 km SE of Valdez, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.611 km SSE of Valdez, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.629 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.641 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.944 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.639 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.523 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.69 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.88 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.539 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.620 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.056 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.524 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.913 km NNE of Valdez, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.942 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.811 km NNE of Valdez, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.28 km NNE of Valdez, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.430 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.226 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.711 km NNE of Valdez, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.541 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.716 km NE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.640 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.510 km NNE of Valdez, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of 80.
Before
- 2.214 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.549 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.712 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.547 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.413 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.532 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 2.550 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.737 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.747 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.733 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.413 km NNW of Girdwood, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.939 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.519 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.913 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.922 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.320 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.519 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.753 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.545 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
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