M1.6 earthquake 30 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 30 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska on Mon, Jan 13, 2020, 4:25 PM AKST (01:25 UTC), 74 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-14 01:25:59 UTC
- Depth
- 74.3 km (46.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.945° N, 151.635° 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
- 44
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 154 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.645 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.544 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.777 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 129 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.644 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.644 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.821 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 73 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.842 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.632 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 74 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.650 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.383 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 131 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 90 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 97 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.841 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 108 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.59 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 54 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.723 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 54 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.95 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 114 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.24 km NW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 62 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.737 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 68 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 109 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.663 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 104 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.267 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 109 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.629 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 79 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.619 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.513 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 66 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 71 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.91 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 54 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.549 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.515 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 48 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.140 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 82 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 100 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.435 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.036 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 106 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.93 km N of Kenai, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 67 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.94 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 30 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.842 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 101 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2446 days ago · 126 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.14 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.47 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 33
- 1.97 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 47 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.616 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 66 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.523 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 59 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.528 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.067 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 113 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.583 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 118 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2443 days ago · 81 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.518 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 115 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.88 km SSE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.72 km SSE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.522 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.440 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 113 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.59 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 39 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.63 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.521 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 77 km deep · 10 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.710 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.871 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 137 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 57 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.326 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 79 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.219 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 54 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 6
- 1.723 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 76 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 61 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.627 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 78 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.648 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 103 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.620 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.52 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.041 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 91 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.19 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.534 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 2459 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.525 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.619 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.575 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 112 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.531 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 82 km deep · 9 km away
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