M1.7 earthquake 126 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska

Magnitude

1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Sat, Oct 17, 2020, 1:32 AM AKDT

UTC

2020-10-17 09:32:27 UTC

Depth

10.2 km (6.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

60.406° N, 141.210° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

30

• Yakutat, AlaskaPopulation 662. Forecast126 kmNW
• Whitehorse, CanadaPopulation 28,201. Forecast338 kmW
• Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation 289,600. Forecast479 kmE

After

1. 1.9126 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Oct 17, 1:33 AM AKDT · 2178 days ago · 14 km deep · 0 km away
2. 1.6125 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Oct 17, 1:40 AM AKDT · 2178 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
3. 1.561 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Oct 20, 7:18 PM AKDT · 2175 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
4. 1.997 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Oct 22, 8:05 AM AKDT · 2173 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
5. 1.998 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Oct 22, 8:16 AM AKDT · 2173 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
6. 1.887 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Oct 23, 2:59 AM AKDT · 2172 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
7. 1.776 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Oct 25, 3:26 AM AKDT · 2170 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
8. 1.694 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Oct 25, 7:46 AM AKDT · 2170 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
9. 2.374 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Oct 25, 12:54 PM AKDT · 2170 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
10. 1.793 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Oct 25, 3:44 PM AKDT · 2170 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
11. 1.5122 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Oct 25, 10:36 PM AKDT · 2169 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
12. 1.768 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Oct 26, 3:55 AM AKDT · 2169 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
13. 1.880 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Oct 27, 6:36 AM AKDT · 2168 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
14. 2.797 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Oct 28, 1:13 PM AKDT · 2167 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
15. 1.5114 km SE of Yakutat, AKSat, Oct 31, 2:23 AM AKDT · 2164 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
16. 1.593 km SE of Yakutat, AKSat, Oct 31, 6:44 AM AKDT · 2164 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
17. 1.699 km SE of Yakutat, AKSat, Oct 31, 1:58 PM AKDT · 2164 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
18. 2.696 km S of McCarthy, AKSun, Nov 1, 6:09 PM AKST · 2163 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
19. 2.3119 km SE of McCarthy, AKMon, Nov 2, 12:08 AM AKST · 2162 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
20. 1.666 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Nov 3, 12:49 AM AKST · 2161 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
21. 1.7106 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Nov 3, 5:34 AM AKST · 2161 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
22. 1.680 km SE of Yakutat, AKWed, Nov 4, 11:34 AM AKST · 2160 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
23. 1.6116 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Nov 6, 2:31 AM AKST · 2158 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
24. 2.077 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Nov 12, 6:39 PM AKST · 2152 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
25. 1.9Southeastern AlaskaSun, Nov 15, 5:43 AM AKST · 2149 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
26. 2.0121 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Nov 15, 8:13 PM AKST · 2148 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
27. 2.2121 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Nov 17, 7:05 AM AKST · 2147 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
28. 1.576 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Nov 20, 4:15 PM AKST · 2144 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
29. 1.6135 km SE of McCarthy, AlaskaFri, Nov 20, 8:03 PM AKST · 2143 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
30. 1.6136 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Nov 20, 11:23 PM AKST · 2143 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
31. 1.7120 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Nov 21, 6:13 AM AKST · 2143 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
32. 1.591 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 23, 8:41 PM AKST · 2140 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
33. 2.4110 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Nov 25, 1:17 PM AKST · 2139 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
34. 1.8118 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaFri, Nov 27, 11:11 PM AKST · 2136 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
35. 2.097 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Nov 28, 7:35 AM AKST · 2136 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
36. 3.491 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Nov 28, 9:17 PM AKST · 2135 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
37. 1.789 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Nov 28, 11:49 PM AKST · 2135 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
38. 1.8115 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Nov 29, 5:21 AM AKST · 2135 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
39. 1.6124 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Nov 29, 5:45 AM AKST · 2135 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
40. 1.790 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Nov 29, 12:23 PM AKST · 2135 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
41. 1.5115 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Nov 29, 7:02 PM AKST · 2135 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
42. 1.5100 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 3:34 AM AKST · 2134 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
43. 1.9134 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 9:18 PM AKST · 2133 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
44. 1.7102 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 1, 3:55 AM AKST · 2133 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
45. 1.888 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaWed, Dec 2, 2:11 PM AKST · 2132 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
46. 1.852 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Dec 3, 3:34 PM AKST · 2131 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
47. 1.590 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Dec 3, 9:16 PM AKST · 2130 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
48. 1.595 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Dec 5, 3:40 AM AKST · 2129 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
49. 1.595 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Dec 7, 12:33 AM AKST · 2127 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
50. 1.5122 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaMon, Dec 7, 8:03 PM AKST · 2126 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
51. 1.997 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 8, 6:54 PM AKST · 2126 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
52. 1.6133 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Dec 8, 8:54 PM AKST · 2125 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
53. 1.697 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Dec 9, 8:25 AM AKST · 2125 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
54. 1.774 km WNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Dec 12, 9:58 PM AKST · 2121 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
55. 1.6Southeastern AlaskaSun, Dec 13, 6:28 PM AKST · 2121 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
56. 3.696 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaTue, Dec 15, 7:24 PM AKST · 2118 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away

Before

1. 1.7124 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Oct 17, 1:30 AM AKDT · 2178 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
2. 1.7Southern AlaskaFri, Oct 16, 10:46 PM AKDT · 2178 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
3. 1.699 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Oct 15, 4:27 PM AKDT · 2180 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
4. 1.768 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Oct 11, 11:57 AM AKDT · 2184 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
5. 1.797 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Oct 5, 7:55 PM AKDT · 2190 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
6. 1.5131 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Oct 5, 1:53 AM AKDT · 2190 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
7. 1.784 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Oct 4, 7:13 AM AKDT · 2191 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
8. 1.592 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Oct 4, 5:34 AM AKDT · 2191 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
9. 1.780 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Oct 3, 9:34 PM AKDT · 2191 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
10. 1.599 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Oct 3, 7:55 AM AKDT · 2192 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
11. 1.6101 km S of McCarthy, AlaskaSat, Oct 3, 3:25 AM AKDT · 2192 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
12. 1.5106 km N of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Oct 1, 8:42 PM AKDT · 2193 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
13. 2.0105 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaMon, Sep 28, 8:58 AM AKDT · 2197 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
14. 1.598 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Sep 27, 10:40 PM AKDT · 2197 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
15. 1.753 km NNW of Yakutat, AlaskaThu, Sep 24, 12:29 AM AKDT · 2201 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
16. 1.6120 km SSE of McCarthy, AlaskaWed, Sep 23, 1:26 AM AKDT · 2202 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
17. 1.8104 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaTue, Sep 22, 1:47 AM AKDT · 2203 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
18. 1.6119 km ESE of McCarthy, AlaskaSun, Sep 20, 1:09 PM AKDT · 2205 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
19. 1.6110 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSun, Sep 20, 7:18 AM AKDT · 2205 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
20. 1.669 km NW of Yakutat, AlaskaSat, Sep 19, 7:08 AM AKDT · 2206 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020ddext7k. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:33 PM UTC.