M1.7 earthquake 60 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 60 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska on Tue, Jan 7, 2020, 12:28 AM AKST (09:28 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 38 km S of Chenega, 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
- 2020-01-07 09:28:53 UTC
- Depth
- 21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.331° N, 146.902° 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
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 52 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.827 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.926 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.632 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.725 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.630 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.955 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.512 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.013 km NE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 2455 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.536 km N of Chenega, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.557 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.653 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.737 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.251 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.922 km SSE of Chenega, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.512 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.528 km NE of Whittier, AK · 2449 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.940 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.955 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.754 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.57 km WSW of Valdez, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.618 km N of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.326 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.047 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.656 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.623 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.77 km WNW of Chenega, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.557 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 44 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.554 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.555 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.538 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.533 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.514 km WSW of Valdez, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.723 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.554 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.856 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.828 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.933 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.64 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.011 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.557 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.258 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.744 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.832 km ENE of Cordova, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.315 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.759 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.640 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.610 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.626 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.229 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 1.716 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.519 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.045 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.515 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.855 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.523 km E of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2472 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.642 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.655 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.546 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.145 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.244 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.727 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.519 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.557 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.749 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.731 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.624 km N of Cordova, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
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