Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 37 km NE of Fox River, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 37 km NE of Fox River, Alaska on Sun, Jan 20, 2019, 6:19 AM AKST (15:19 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 25 km ENE of Sterling, 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
2019-01-20 15:19:13 UTC
Depth
37.9 km (23.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.094° N, 150.477° 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 II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

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Stations used
60

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 125 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.529 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 73 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 55 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.630 km SE of Funny River, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2809 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.425 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 68 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.614 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 74 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.616 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 68 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 1.68 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2808 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 1.710 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 2.135 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.113 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.618 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 57 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 1.921 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 1.916 km NE of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.335 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.912 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.825 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.512 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 1.616 km S of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 46 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 1.510 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 47 km deep · 82 km away
  21. 1.72 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 63 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 1.513 km W of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 39 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 1.510 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 38 km deep · 37 km away
  24. 1.710 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 49 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 2.64 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2800 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 2.016 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 55 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 2.117 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 56 km deep · 30 km away
  28. 1.55 km ENE of Cohoe, Alaska · 2796 days ago · 52 km deep · 52 km away
  29. 2.114 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
  30. 1.516 km NE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
  31. 1.518 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 1.534 km E of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 1.613 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 1.817 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2794 days ago · 69 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 2.018 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 2.12 km NE of Kenai, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 1.927 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2793 days ago · 76 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 1.528 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2792 days ago · 77 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 1.536 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 1.629 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
  41. 1.626 km SW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 34 km deep · 30 km away
  42. 2.19 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2790 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 1.59 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 1.911 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2788 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 1.510 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 70 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 2.010 km WNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 2.133 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 50 km deep · 42 km away
  48. 1.67 km W of Fox River, Alaska · 2786 days ago · 55 km deep · 43 km away
  49. 1.98 km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 250 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 1.517 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 73 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 2.338 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 2.02 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2785 days ago · 250 km deep · 73 km away
  53. 2.319 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 69 km deep · 80 km away
  54. 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2783 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 1.745 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2782 days ago · 80 km deep · 100 km away
  56. 1.718 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2780 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
  57. 1.615 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
  58. 1.519 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2779 days ago · 47 km deep · 34 km away
  59. 2.023 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 2.221 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2778 days ago · 73 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of 125.

Before

  1. 1.522 km SSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 31 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.715 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 1.59 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 64 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.810 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 60 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 1.69 km NW of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 74 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 1.712 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2814 days ago · 77 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 1.940 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 91 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.725 km WSW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 38 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 1.816 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 1.619 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.325 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 1.616 km W of Hope, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.28 km E of Salamatof, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.611 km ESE of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 1.77 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.843 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 85 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.640 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 86 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.310 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2818 days ago · 46 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.717 km SW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.537 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 86 km deep · 95 km away

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