M1.6 earthquake 69 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 69 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Fri, Jan 17, 2020, 8:37 PM AKST (05:37 UTC), 114 km (71 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-18 05:37:12 UTC
- Depth
- 113.6 km (70.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.063° N, 152.423° 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
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 183 in the 60 days after this one and 112 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.24 km NW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.737 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 68 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 109 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.663 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 104 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.267 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 109 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.629 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 79 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.513 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 66 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 71 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.91 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 54 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.549 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.515 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.140 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 82 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 100 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.435 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 72 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.036 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 106 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.93 km N of Kenai, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 67 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.842 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 62 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 101 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2444 days ago · 126 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.97 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.035 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 111 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.523 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.528 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 60 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.067 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 113 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.583 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 118 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2441 days ago · 81 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.770 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 115 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.72 km SSE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.440 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 113 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.521 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 77 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.011 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.256 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 105 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.624 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.263 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 91 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.168 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 133 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.132 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 69 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.723 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 75 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.053 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 82 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.850 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 82 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.553 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 94 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.527 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.525 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 98 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.634 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 106 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.537 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.532 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.123 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 71 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.727 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.741 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 78 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.418 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.647 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 90 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.363 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 105 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.67 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 57 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.511 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.556 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 96 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.642 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 121 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.524 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 71 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.747 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 86 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.357 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 94 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 149 · tsunami flag
The first 60 of 183.
Before
- 1.723 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 54 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.59 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 54 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.841 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 108 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 97 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 90 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.383 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 131 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 1.650 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.632 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.842 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.821 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.644 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.644 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.777 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 129 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.544 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.645 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 74 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.710 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.871 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 137 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.326 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 79 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.219 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 6
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020tuvded. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:18 PM UTC.