M2.0 earthquake 63 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 63 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska on Fri, Dec 6, 2019, 1:17 PM AKST (22:17 UTC), 80 km (49 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 26 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
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
- 2019-12-06 22:17:36 UTC
- Depth
- 79.6 km (49.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.227° N, 153.006° 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
- 31
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 144 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.328 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 65 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.734 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 80 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.052 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 103 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.360 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 118 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.65 km SE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.968 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 119 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.528 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 67 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.160 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 101 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.280 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 73 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.967 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 112 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.653 km ESE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 157 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.764 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 91 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.548 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 86 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.834 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 78 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.621 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.064 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 91 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.849 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 86 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.941 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 68 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.957 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 97 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.430 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 69 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.790 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 67 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.954 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 117 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.358 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 102 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.444 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 162 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.748 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 94 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.728 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 87 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.838 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 145 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.043 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 112 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.130 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 121 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.840 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 97 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.867 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 96 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.218 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.759 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 107 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 105 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.750 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 72 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.857 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 78 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.973 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 80 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.860 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 78 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 107 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.663 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 108 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.535 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.756 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 107 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.866 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 70 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.746 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 151 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.041 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 135 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.556 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 110 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.059 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 98 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.247 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 77 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 96 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.248 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 73 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.564 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 97 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.461 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 122 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.560 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 126 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.658 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 85 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.651 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 89 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.753 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 103 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2479 days ago · 98 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.136 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 116 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.687 km NNW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 72 km deep · 49 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 3.160 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 102 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.972 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 112 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.738 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 67 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.060 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 84 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.669 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 71 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.663 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 113 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.049 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.732 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 130 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.963 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 60 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.945 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 68 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 3.056 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 73 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.650 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 92 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.549 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 92 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.57 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 52 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.735 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.89 km NW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 49 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.863 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 90 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.950 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 64 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.255 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 101 km deep · 59 km away
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