M1.7 earthquake 59 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 59 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska on Sat, Nov 21, 2020, 9:21 AM AKST (18:21 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 9 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-21 18:21:44 UTC
- Depth
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.591° N, 147.617° 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
- 27
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 38 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.544 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.759 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 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 · 56 km away
- 1.643 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.324 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.250 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.839 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.840 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.839 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.836 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.760 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.845 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.756 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.517 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.755 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.358 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.653 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.138 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.917 km N of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 2122 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.058 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.739 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.639 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.918 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.542 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.09 km E of Girdwood, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.855 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.944 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 32 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.842 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.839 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.638 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.527 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.850 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.839 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.843 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.029 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.725 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.842 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.938 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.634 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.648 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.69 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 33
- 1.623 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.638 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.620 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.9Southern Alaska · 2097 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 14
- 2.454 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.740 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.049 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.957 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.09 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.749 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2086 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.246 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.550 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
The first 60 of 63.
Before
- 2.628 km S of Knik River, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 10
- 1.656 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.040 km SSE of Chenega, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.556 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.951 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 2.020 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.631 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.517 km SE of Primrose, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.535 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.563 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.552 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.530 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.011 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.036 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.59 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.325 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.58 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.031 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.534 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.850 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
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