M1.8 earthquake 66 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 66 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Tue, Aug 18, 2020, 3:24 AM AKDT (11:24 UTC), 117 km (72 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
- 2020-08-18 11:24:19 UTC
- Depth
- 116.5 km (72.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.013° N, 152.359° 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
- 70
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 169 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2236 days ago · 82 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.523 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 62 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.76 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.870 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 199 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 98 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.666 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 139 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.541 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 105 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.158 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 111 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.154 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 92 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.858 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 107 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.769 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 118 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.444 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 83 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.763 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 130 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.563 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 118 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.636 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 65 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.542 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 99 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.54 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 49 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 92 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.620 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 60 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.129 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 76 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 77 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.939 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 82 km deep · 27 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 · 62 km away
- 1.551 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 96 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.723 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.551 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 86 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.638 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 83 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.940 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 92 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2222 days ago · 86 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.642 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.551 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 87 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.620 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.548 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 80 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.760 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 124 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.540 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.87 km ESE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.534 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 77 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2219 days ago · 129 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.619 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.033 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 73 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.928 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.957 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 89 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 124 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.925 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 71 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.64 km W of Funny River, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 52 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.652 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 93 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 110 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.68 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.948 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 97 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.120 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 69 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.934 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 91 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.833 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 99 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.563 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 128 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.945 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.951 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 161 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.729 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 50 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.518 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 54 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.544 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 83 km deep · 39 km away
The first 60 of 169.
Before
- 1.656 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 99 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.838 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 84 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.69 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.668 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 109 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.522 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.577 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 132 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.65 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.829 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 72 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.58 km SE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.134 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 77 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.021 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 64 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 97 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.82 km S of Kasilof, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 59 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.769 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 127 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.767 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 133 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.510 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.218 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 48 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.574 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 117 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.872 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 128 km deep · 6 km away
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