Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 74 km NW of Paxson, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 74 km NW of Paxson, Alaska on Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 11:16 PM AKST (08:16 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 64 km SE of Cantwell, 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
2019-12-22 08:16:38 UTC
Depth
1.4 km (0.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.514° N, 146.755° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.822 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2472 days ago · 99 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.559 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 1.774 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.551 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 114 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 1.573 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.243 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.735 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.379 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 74 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 1.642 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 2.9Central Alaska · 2461 days ago · 71 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 2.345 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 104 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.546 km SW of Whitestone, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 2.780 km NW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.722 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 1.836 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 2.575 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 1.976 km SSW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 2.267 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 2.179 km NW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.756 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 1.626 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 1.854 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  23. 1.523 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  24. 2.239 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 197 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 1.579 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  26. 1.877 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  27. 1.678 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  28. 1.932 km NE of Paxson, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 1.551 km N of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  30. 3.164 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 1.938 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 1.763 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 1.541 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 1.584 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away

Before

  1. 1.973 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.073 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.872 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 1.772 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.071 km NW of Paxson, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.635 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.961 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 2.381 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 1.662 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.542 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.532 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.830 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.770 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 1.563 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.961 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.631 km ENE of Paxson, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.529 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.580 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 1.781 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 2.337 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away

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