M1.8 earthquake 17 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 17 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska on Thu, Sep 24, 2020, 1:09 AM AKDT (09:09 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 2 km E of Big Lake, 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
- 2020-09-24 09:09:13 UTC
- Depth
- 72.1 km (44.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.954° N, 151.352° 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
- 77
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 135 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.513 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 71 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.421 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 74 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.568 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 114 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.815 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 61 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.512 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 76 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.529 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.854 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 88 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.311 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 58 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.12 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 64 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.581 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 137 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2197 days ago · 37 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.738 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 81 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.769 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 102 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.38 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 42 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.44 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.513 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 72 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.671 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 109 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.56 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.815 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.52 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.520 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.532 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 76 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.651 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 90 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.627 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 78 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.124 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 97 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.742 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 83 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.646 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 90 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.07 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.513 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.022 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.121 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.941 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 93 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.021 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 75 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 1.623 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 46 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.82 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.661 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.04 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.58 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.65 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.621 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 63 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.910 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.622 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 38 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.917 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 58 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.120 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 66 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.724 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 74 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.62 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 58 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.924 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.23 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.030 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 69 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.726 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 79 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.546 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 87 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.949 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 92 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.634 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 83 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.64 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.116 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.214 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 48 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.18 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.349 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 94 km deep · 47 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.541 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 76 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.86 km NNE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 79 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.742 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 79 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.78 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.170 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.73 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.558 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 97 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.821 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 59 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.719 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 44 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.847 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 75 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.516 km W of Hope, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.633 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.59 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.433 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 42 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 13
- 1.514 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.567 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 118 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.927 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.960 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.821 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 74 km deep · 33 km away
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