M1.8 earthquake 68 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 68 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Wed, Aug 17, 2022, 4:06 AM AKDT (12:06 UTC), 108 km (67 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-08-17 12:06:59 UTC
- Depth
- 108.4 km (67.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.050° N, 152.398° 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: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 129 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.54 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.25 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 73 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.622 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 75 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.966 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 108 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.829 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.532 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.641 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 80 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.266 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1507 days ago · 113 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 1.533 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 76 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.817 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 60 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.525 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 74 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.867 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 102 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.625 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1506 days ago · 78 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.522 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 68 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.269 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 104 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.018 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.446 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 90 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 1.549 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 83 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.630 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 84 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.96 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.510 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1504 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 106 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.610 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.321 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1503 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.737 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 90 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.736 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 76 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.571 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 114 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.538 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1502 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.560 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 99 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.642 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 92 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 59 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 1.56 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 74 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.673 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 115 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.654 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 106 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.627 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1501 days ago · 59 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.554 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 93 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.571 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 148 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.558 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 97 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.539 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 90 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.97 km NE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 73 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.518 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 78 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1499 days ago · 92 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1499 days ago · 89 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.412 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 70 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.571 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 124 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.939 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 92 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1497 days ago · 89 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.658 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 92 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.744 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 87 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.644 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 79 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 74 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.58 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 60 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.579 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 128 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.226 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 74 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 1.853 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 110 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 1.557 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 106 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.931 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.625 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 93 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 103 km deep · 26 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.980 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 132 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1508 days ago · 92 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.666 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 128 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.527 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.720 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 83 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1Southern Alaska · 1509 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.651 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 102 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.725 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1509 days ago · 72 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.767 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 123 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.561 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 107 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.868 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 106 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.739 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 91 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1510 days ago · 106 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.024 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.07 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.44 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
- 1.910 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1511 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1511 days ago · 106 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.474 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.865 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 104 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
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