M1.8 earthquake 47 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 47 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Fri, Aug 7, 2020, 7:29 AM AKDT (15:29 UTC), 90 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-07 15:29:59 UTC
- Depth
- 89.8 km (55.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.999° N, 152.003° 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
- 54
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 187 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.876 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 124 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.724 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.618 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 11
- 1.57 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.129 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 108 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.872 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 128 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.218 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.510 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 73 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.769 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 127 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.125 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.82 km S of Kasilof, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 97 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.021 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 64 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.730 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.134 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 77 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.58 km SE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 61 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.829 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 72 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.65 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 50 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.577 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 132 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.522 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 59 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.668 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 109 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.69 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.838 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 84 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.866 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 117 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2236 days ago · 82 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.523 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.76 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 62 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.870 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 199 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 98 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.666 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 139 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.541 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.125 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.158 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.154 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 92 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 107 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.769 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 118 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.444 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 83 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 59 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.823 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 118 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.636 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.542 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 99 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 74 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.120 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.54 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 49 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 92 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.620 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.129 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 76 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 77 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.939 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 82 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.037 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 116 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.537 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 87 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.52 km NNE of Funny River, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.551 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 96 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.723 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.419 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 59 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.551 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 86 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.416 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.638 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 83 km deep · 9 km away
The first 60 of 187.
Before
- 1.667 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 109 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.922 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.38 km NW of Sterling, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.112 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 64 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 111 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.615 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 65 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.934 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 101 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.638 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 82 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 105 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.622 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.849 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 96 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 1.634 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 81 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.626 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.69 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.815 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.259 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 109 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.818 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 66 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.851 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 99 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.747 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 97 km deep · 51 km away
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