M1.7 earthquake 72 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 72 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Sun, Apr 12, 2020, 10:56 PM AKDT (06:56 UTC), 123 km (76 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 35 km NNW of Beluga, 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
- 2020-04-13 06:56:23 UTC
- Depth
- 122.7 km (76.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.100° N, 152.487° 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
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 121 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.626 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.625 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 72 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.526 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.839 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 74 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.722 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.49 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.817 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 74 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.567 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 115 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.754 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 84 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.729 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 68 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.034 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 93 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.531 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 74 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 84 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.241 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2359 days ago · 110 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.630 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2357 days ago · 79 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 106 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.610 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.359 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 108 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2355 days ago · 66 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.692 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 189 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.641 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 83 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.681 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2354 days ago · 127 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.524 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 73 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.76 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 2352 days ago · 74 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.725 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 75 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.865 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 90 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.223 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 109 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.89 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.644 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2349 days ago · 87 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.65 km ESE of Salamatof, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.061 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 87 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.824 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.522 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 75 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 109 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.123 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 75 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.970 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2344 days ago · 139 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.758 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 96 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 96 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.454 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 95 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.677 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 176 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 107 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2341 days ago · 110 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.981 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 130 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.667 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 130 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.642 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.661 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 104 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.621 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.574 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.255 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 102 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.538 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 76 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.532 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2337 days ago · 75 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.517 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.535 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 88 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 10
- 1.633 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 80 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.172 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 126 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.574 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2334 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.940 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 78 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.819 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
The first 60 of 121.
Before
- 1.749 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.572 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 131 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.717 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
- 2.529 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 80 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.826 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.67 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.513 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.626 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 89 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.133 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 76 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 74 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.866 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 110 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 91 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.963 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 113 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.764 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 128 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.67 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.735 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 90 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.737 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 74 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.050 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 94 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.958 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 168 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.672 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
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