Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 69 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 69 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska on Sat, Jan 20, 2018, 9:25 PM AKST (06:25 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 14 km SSW of Nanwalek, 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
2018-01-21 06:25:29 UTC
Depth
28.6 km (17.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
59.047° N, 150.628° 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
21

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.286 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3174 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.938 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 1.9Kodiak Island region, Alaska · 3170 days ago · 61 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.930 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 53 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.83 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.65 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3163 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.280 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.51 km E of Homer, Alaska · 3161 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 3.518 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 32 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 23
  10. 1.618 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3159 days ago · 69 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.127 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3158 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.725 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3154 days ago · 72 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.823 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  14. 1.799 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3153 days ago · 31 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 1.580 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3147 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.014 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 52 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 3.289 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.960 km SSE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.511 km WSW of Homer, Alaska · 3144 days ago · 61 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.639 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 41 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 1.619 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 3142 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 1.718 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 52 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 1.617 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3141 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 1.979 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 1.880 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3140 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 2.113 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3139 days ago · 55 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 1.949 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3138 days ago · 54 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 1.699 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3137 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 2.633 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 69 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.829 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 51 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 1.519 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 1.5107 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 1.884 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3136 days ago · 51 km deep · 21 km away
  34. 1.54 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 1.621 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3132 days ago · 57 km deep · 76 km away
  36. 1.625 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 1.527 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3131 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 2.392 km NE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 3.226 km S of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3130 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 1.67 km N of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 2.518 km E of Fox River, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 2.649 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 3.367 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  44. 4.314 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 43 · tsunami flag
  45. 1.613 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 56 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 1.818 km SSW of Port Graham, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 69 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 1.814 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 1.616 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
  49. 1.514 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 63 km deep · 79 km away
  50. 1.720 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 2.114 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3126 days ago · 55 km deep · 79 km away
  52. 1.722 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 57 km deep · 80 km away
  53. 1.511 km S of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
  54. 2.62 km ESE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 44 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  55. 1.757 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 1.615 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 1.892 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
  58. 2.034 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3122 days ago · 55 km deep · 73 km away
  59. 1.513 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away
  60. 1.65 km WNW of Fox River, Alaska · 3119 days ago · 52 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 63.

Before

  1. 1.694 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 52 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.849 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.659 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 1.510 km SSW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 1.748 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 55 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 2.013 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.832 km ENE of Fox River, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.94 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.582 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 1.76 km NE of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 52 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.0Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 46 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.933 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 39 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 2.537 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 3.240 km ESE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3187 days ago · 38 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 1.896 km SSE of Port Graham, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.0129 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.33 km NW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 1.716 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.746 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.873 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska · 3194 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away

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