M1.7 earthquake 68 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 68 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Thu, Dec 3, 2020, 12:44 PM AKST (21:44 UTC), 108 km (67 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-03 21:44:07 UTC
- Depth
- 108.2 km (67.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.036° N, 152.397° 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
- 42
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 128 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.349 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 120 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.870 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 113 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.630 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 77 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.851 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 104 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.823 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.752 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 105 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.449 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.713 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 74 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.845 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.640 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 77 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 2127 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.620 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 67 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.829 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 90 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.848 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 109 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.725 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.077 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 133 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
- 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 111 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.552 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 94 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 2125 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.558 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 92 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 119 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.548 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 92 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.828 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 90 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.533 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.621 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 79 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 84 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.636 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 109 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.157 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 105 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.99 km ESE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.967 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 109 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.947 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 85 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km NW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, AK · 2122 days ago · 96 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.645 km NNW of Beluga, AK · 2122 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.768 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 105 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.544 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 84 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.55 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 66 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.728 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.044 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 95 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.568 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 111 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.723 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 80 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 80 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.656 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 102 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.611 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.545 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 119 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.547 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 84 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 95 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.242 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 112 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.623 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 76 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 113 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.636 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 87 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.726 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 96 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.045 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 81 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.741 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 83 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.526 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.243 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 81 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.418 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 109 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.862 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 113 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 103 km deep · 90 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.962 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 108 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.873 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 120 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.520 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2131 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.651 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 95 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.948 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 116 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.552 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 87 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.562 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 102 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.962 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 97 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.831 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 79 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.540 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 81 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.864 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 104 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.635 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 103 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 109 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.965 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 112 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.774 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 129 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.387 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 144 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.213 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 71 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.368 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 116 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.533 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 89 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.164 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 132 km deep · 100 km away
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