M1.5 earthquake 69 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 69 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Sat, Oct 17, 2020, 1:43 PM AKDT (21:43 UTC), 112 km (70 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 45 km W of Skwentna, 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-17 21:43:48 UTC
- Depth
- 112.0 km (69.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.041° N, 152.431° 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
- 26
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.879 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 139 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.577 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 123 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.844 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 96 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.047 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 82 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.752 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 91 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.980 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 145 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.864 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 116 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.860 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 134 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.540 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 88 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.016 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.532 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.731 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 79 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.134 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 70 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.027 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.244 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 90 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.550 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 81 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.644 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 82 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.616 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2167 days ago · 103 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.521 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.256 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 100 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.858 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.068 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 118 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.910 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.043 km E of Nikiski, AK · 2162 days ago · 85 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.622 km NNW of Nikiski, AK · 2162 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.729 km SE of Nikiski, AK · 2162 days ago · 82 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.74 km NNW of Tyonek, AK · 2162 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.523 km E of Kalifornsky, AK · 2161 days ago · 71 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.962 km ESE of Ninilchik, AK · 2161 days ago · 107 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.078 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 112 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.554 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 104 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.84 km SW of Beluga, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 53 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 110 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.958.5 km E of Salamatof, AK · 2160 days ago · 128 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.156 km ESE of Ninilchik, AK · 2160 days ago · 98 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.837 km ENE of Salamatof, AK · 2159 days ago · 84 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.522 km SSW of Beluga, AK · 2159 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 116 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.840 km SE of Beluga, AK · 2159 days ago · 78 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.637 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 82 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.619 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.275 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.936 km E of Tyonek, AK · 2157 days ago · 82 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.610 km SE of Point Possession, AK · 2157 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 97 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.827 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 72 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.6Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.056 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 87 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 100 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.339 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 122 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.312 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 72 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.923 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 54 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.171 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.534 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 89 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.562 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 138 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.527 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 74 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.715 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.653 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 92 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.932 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 78 km deep · 56 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.830 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 80 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.634 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 76 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.119 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.83 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 53 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.045 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 83 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.574 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 128 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.248 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.067 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.986 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 128 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.764 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 113 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.624 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 51 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.233 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 113 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.580 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 130 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.756 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 107 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 78 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.220 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.071 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.826 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 78 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.526 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.659 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 100 km deep · 31 km away
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