Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 23 km N of Beluga, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 23 km N of Beluga, Alaska on Mon, Apr 3, 2017, 12:44 PM AKDT (20:44 UTC), 66 km (41 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 32 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-04-03 20:44:05 UTC
Depth
66.1 km (41.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.349° N, 151.036° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
66

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 138 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.214 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.911 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 1.822 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 74 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 1.725 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 71 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 1.510 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 47 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 1.738 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 81 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.331 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 74 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.640 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 89 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.815 km SSE of Susitna, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.61 km SSW of Sterling, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.736 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 89 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.96 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 51 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.719 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 53 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.435 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 76 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 1.77 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.519 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 70 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 1.6Southern Alaska · 3470 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.46 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 1.512 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 58 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 1.81 km S of Houston, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 54 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 1.55 km SSW of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 1.822 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 75 km deep · 68 km away
  23. 1.522 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 3469 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 3.025 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 87 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 1.741 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 114 km deep · 81 km away
  27. 1.553 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3467 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 2.15 km SE of Knik, Alaska · 3467 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.521 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 54 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
  30. 2.220 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 61 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.666 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 106 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.68 km NNW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3465 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 1.77 km ENE of Funny River, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 1.933 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 1.537 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3464 days ago · 100 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 2.322 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 70 km deep · 45 km away
  37. 1.527 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 69 km deep · 48 km away
  38. 2.37 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 1.715 km NNW of Sterling, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away
  40. 3.07 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3463 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.521 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 60 km deep · 7 km away
  42. 1.839 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 77 km deep · 35 km away
  43. 1.821 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 65 km deep · 49 km away
  44. 1.632 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3462 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
  45. 1.655 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 105 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 1.93 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.45 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.818 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 71 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 1.57 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 1.571 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 154 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 1.66 km NNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
  52. 2.02 km ENE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 1.79 km NW of Tyonek, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 62 km deep · 29 km away
  54. 1.841 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 80 km deep · 58 km away
  55. 1.733 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3458 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away
  56. 1.57 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 3458 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 3.03 km NE of Knik, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  58. 1.920 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 73 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.771 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 113 km deep · 96 km away
  60. 1.68 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.539 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 90 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.633 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 97 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.86 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 43 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.932 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 56 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.813 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 3472 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.715 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 3473 days ago · 72 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.666 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3473 days ago · 113 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 1.638 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 82 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 1.756 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 105 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.78 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 3.15 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 44 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 15
  12. 1.629 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 1.615 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 60 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 2.217 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 1.87 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.020 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 57 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.513 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 3476 days ago · 50 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 2.816 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 3476 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.550 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 3476 days ago · 92 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.627 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 3476 days ago · 89 km deep · 62 km away

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