M1.5 earthquake 11 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 11 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska on Thu, Aug 11, 2022, 10:17 PM AKDT (06:17 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 41 km W of Cohoe, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-08-12 06:17:55 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.000° N, 150.988° 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
- 45
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 144 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.615 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 72 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.531 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 81 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.62 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 36 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.539 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.63 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.925 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 78 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.546 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1513 days ago · 70 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.234 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 78 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 110 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 104 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1512 days ago · 106 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.910 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 1.833 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.44 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 65 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
- 2.07 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 65 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.024 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 65 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.64 km N of Houston, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 106 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.65 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 38 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.739 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 91 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.868 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.561 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 107 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 123 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.725 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 1510 days ago · 75 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.720 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 83 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.527 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 73 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.611 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 39 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 79
- 1.510 km E of Kasilof, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.628 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.017 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.38 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 58 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 17
- 3.1Southern Alaska · 1509 days ago · 55 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.516 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 56 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.980 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 132 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.868 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 108 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.78 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.54 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 65 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.25 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 60 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.622 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 75 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 108 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.829 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 72 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.59 km SW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.514 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 69 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.532 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 76 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 80 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.53 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.710 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 50 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.266 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 113 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.533 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 76 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.817 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 60 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.623 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.525 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 74 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.58 km NNE of Susitna, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 48 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.625 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 78 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.522 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 68 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.018 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 63 km deep · 35 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1514 days ago · 92 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.57 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.619 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 120 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 2.26 km N of Houston, Alaska · 1514 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 111 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.54 km NE of Kasilof, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 68 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.97 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 51 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 1.744 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 86 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.345 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 85 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.811 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 66 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.714 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 64 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.850 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 104 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.752 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1515 days ago · 98 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.139 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.68 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.762 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 114 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.644 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 91 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.712 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1516 days ago · 57 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.120 km NW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1517 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
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