M1.7 earthquake 63 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 63 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Wed, Dec 7, 2022, 7:36 AM AKST (16:36 UTC), 114 km (71 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 58 km W of Tyonek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-07 16:36:50 UTC
- Depth
- 113.8 km (70.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.035° N, 152.303° 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
- 47
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.524 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 73 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.626 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 79 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.75 km ESE of Soldotna, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 44 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.054 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 104 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.51 km N of Soldotna, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.669 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 117 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.746 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1395 days ago · 88 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.627 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 71 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1394 days ago · 98 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.267 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 126 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.229 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 89 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.611 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 61 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.975 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 115 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.75 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.84 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1394 days ago · 63 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.616 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 68 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.210 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 5
- 1.871 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 110 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.964 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 112 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1393 days ago · 74 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.620 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 72 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.771 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1393 days ago · 111 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 106 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.46 km W of Kenai, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.539 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 96 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.521 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.916 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1392 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.5Southern Alaska · 1392 days ago · 125 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.661 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 110 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.525 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 73 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 106 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.972 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 125 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.64 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 1391 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 1390 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.713 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.612 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 1390 days ago · 64 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.320 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1390 days ago · 71 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.7Southern Alaska · 1389 days ago · 88 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.547 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 87 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.761 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 128 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1389 days ago · 78 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.613 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.542 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 84 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.2Southern Alaska · 1388 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.569 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 111 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.549 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1388 days ago · 80 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.648 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 94 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.444 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.97 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 3.838 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 60 · tsunami flag
- 1.657 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 103 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.653 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 92 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.617 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 75 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.641 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1387 days ago · 88 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.558 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 101 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.735 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 100 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.629 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 81 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.513 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1386 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.975 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 132 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.967 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 113 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.713 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 74 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.847 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 85 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.562 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1396 days ago · 100 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.337 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 89 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.630 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 83 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.968 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 114 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.929 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 62 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.53 km SE of Nikiski, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.777 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 124 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.527 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 75 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.119 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1397 days ago · 78 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.843 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 69 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.636 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 96 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.668 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 111 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.654 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 96 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.628 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 98 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.339 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1398 days ago · 98 km deep · 58 km away
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