M1.5 earthquake 55 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 55 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Tue, Aug 20, 2024, 1:18 AM AKDT (09:18 UTC), 98 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 39 km W of Nikiski, 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
- 2024-08-20 09:18:04 UTC
- Depth
- 97.9 km (60.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.979° N, 152.149° 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
- 38
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 111 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.614 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 775 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 775 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.664 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 775 days ago · 112 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.756 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 775 days ago · 88 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.719 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 774 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.628 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 774 days ago · 79 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.167 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 774 days ago · 114 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.819 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 774 days ago · 75 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.664 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 774 days ago · 108 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.347 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 773 days ago · 84 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.045 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 773 days ago · 92 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.09 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 773 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.637 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 773 days ago · 87 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.112 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 772 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.916 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 772 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.655 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 772 days ago · 99 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.572 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 772 days ago · 117 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.946 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 772 days ago · 92 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.660 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 772 days ago · 120 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.772 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 771 days ago · 123 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 770 days ago · 114 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.570 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 770 days ago · 124 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.339 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 770 days ago · 86 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.759 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 770 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.528 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 770 days ago · 76 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.854 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 769 days ago · 94 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.624 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 769 days ago · 77 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.669 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 768 days ago · 84 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.742 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 768 days ago · 119 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.243 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 768 days ago · 100 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.717 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 768 days ago · 56 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.631 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 768 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.743 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 768 days ago · 83 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.971 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 768 days ago · 133 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.965 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 767 days ago · 115 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 767 days ago · 89 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.668 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 767 days ago · 106 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 767 days ago · 80 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.022 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 767 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.211 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 767 days ago · 59 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.544 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 767 days ago · 115 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.574 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 767 days ago · 118 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.926 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 766 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.172 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 766 days ago · 116 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.513 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 766 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.638 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 766 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.848 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 765 days ago · 85 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.025 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 765 days ago · 54 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.649 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 765 days ago · 97 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.548 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 765 days ago · 82 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.240 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 764 days ago · 80 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.915 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 764 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.529 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 764 days ago · 85 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.516 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 764 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.313 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 764 days ago · 67 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.670 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 763 days ago · 128 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.175 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 762 days ago · 149 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.139 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 762 days ago · 106 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.54 km ENE of Funny River, Alaska · 761 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.58 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 761 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.913 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 776 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.721 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 776 days ago · 69 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.549 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 777 days ago · 85 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.516 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 778 days ago · 64 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 778 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.776 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 778 days ago · 113 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.658 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 778 days ago · 98 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.555 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 778 days ago · 169 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.743 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 779 days ago · 88 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.541 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 779 days ago · 97 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.023 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 779 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
- 2.072 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 780 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 780 days ago · 85 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.673 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 780 days ago · 119 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 780 days ago · 97 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.646 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 781 days ago · 85 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.730 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 781 days ago · 88 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.680 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 782 days ago · 134 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.313 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 782 days ago · 68 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5
- 1.544 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 782 days ago · 112 km deep · 91 km away
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