M2.2 earthquake 40 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 40 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska on Wed, Oct 21, 2020, 1:54 PM AKDT (21:54 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 48 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-21 21:54:32 UTC
- Depth
- 12.8 km (8.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.738° N, 147.371° 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
- 64
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.751 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.741 km NW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.140 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.850 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.537 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.912 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.537 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.522 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.534 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.630 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.234 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.246 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.151 km SE of Valdez, AK · 2161 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.617 km E of Tatitlek, AK · 2161 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.131 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.951 km E of Tatitlek, AK · 2159 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.745 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.67.1 km WNW of Chenega, AK · 2157 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.641 km S of Valdez, AK · 2157 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.138 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.212 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 43 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.839 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.734 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.548 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
- 1.850 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.534 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.031 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.647 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.58 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.325 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.59 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.036 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.011 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.552 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.563 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.719 km ENE of Valdez, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.631 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.644 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.951 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 1.556 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.656 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.628 km S of Knik River, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 10
- 1.759 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.343 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.544 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.759 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.328 km S of Knik River, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 1.613 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.643 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.324 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.250 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.840 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.643 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.839 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.836 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.760 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.845 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.756 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.517 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of 86.
Before
- 1.531 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.141 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.941 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.845 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.459 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2178 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.636 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.011 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.612 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.517 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.635 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.949 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.652 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.952 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.751 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.96 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.733 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.347 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
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