M1.8 earthquake 55 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 55 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska on Wed, Dec 16, 2020, 7:59 AM AKST (16:59 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 36 km SSW of Cordova, 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-16 16:59:03 UTC
- Depth
- 7.5 km (4.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.535° N, 147.450° 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
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.944 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.842 km NNW of Chenega, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.839 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.527 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.850 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.839 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.843 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.029 km WSW of Chenega, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.725 km SE of Whittier, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.842 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 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 · 2105 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.648 km ENE of Chenega, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.69 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 33
- 1.623 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.638 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.540 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.620 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.9Southern Alaska · 2097 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 14
- 2.454 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.950 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.740 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.049 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.957 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.09 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2086 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.246 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.550 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.643 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.323 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.811 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.524 km SSE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.845 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.649 km E of Whittier, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.936 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 34
- 1.853 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.542 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.637 km S of Cordova, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.136 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.641 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.536 km S of Cordova, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.535 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.636 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.749 km WSW of Cordova, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.649 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.658 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.838 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Valdez, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.538 km W of Valdez, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.626 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.732 km NNW of Cordova, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.726 km W of Chenega, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.534 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.848 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.957 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.233 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.846 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
The first 60 of 70.
Before
- 2.09 km E of Girdwood, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.542 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.918 km S of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.639 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.739 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.058 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 2122 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.138 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.653 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.358 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.755 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.517 km SW of Whittier, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.756 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.845 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.760 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.836 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.839 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.840 km SE of Knik River, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.839 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.250 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
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