M2.0 earthquake 85 km N of Aleneva, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 85 km N of Aleneva, Alaska on Sun, Jan 7, 2018, 11:06 AM AKST (20:06 UTC), 65 km (41 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 74 km WSW of Nanwalek, 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-07 20:06:00 UTC
- Depth
- 65.2 km (40.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 58.817° N, 153.143° 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
- 46
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 120 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.693 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 43 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.268 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 125 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.042 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 60 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.948 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 77 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.765 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.686 km N of Karluk, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 88 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.542 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 82 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.487 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 82 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.580 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 63 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.662 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 52 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.682 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.658 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 59 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.862 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 73 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.769 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 87 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 125 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.737 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 73 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.957 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 70 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.670 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.145 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 124 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.260 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 120 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.251 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 56 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.962 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.047 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 69 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.663 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 104 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.453 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 87 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.980 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 71 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.844 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 90 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.766 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 110 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 87 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.656 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 71 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 3182 days ago · 105 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.742 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 117 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.550 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 86 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 87 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.455 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 101 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 68 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.860 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 68 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.024 km SSE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 138 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.793 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 77 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.748 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.927 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 138 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.568 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 80 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.047 km W of Aleneva, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.658 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 71 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.564 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.659 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.861 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 112 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.849 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 75 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.665 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 101 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.653 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 76 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.661 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 109 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.956 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 106 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.691 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.563 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 80 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.749 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 52 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.589 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.765 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 95 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.790 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.061 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 121 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.621 km NNE of Aleneva, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.533 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.977 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 92 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.8Southern Alaska · 3190 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.972 km N of Aleneva, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 62 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.583 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.565 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 84 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.948 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.949 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.750 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 131 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.716 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.786 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.896 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.249 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 107 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.973 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 86 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.643 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 87 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.668 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 69 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.648 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 109 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.734 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.7Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.556 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 72 km deep · 44 km away
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