Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 25 km NE of Sterling, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 25 km NE of Sterling, Alaska on Sun, Jun 23, 2019, 12:08 PM AKDT (20:08 UTC), 46 km (28 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 2 km SW of Kasilof, 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
2019-06-23 20:08:43 UTC
Depth
45.5 km (28.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.666° N, 150.387° 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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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
47

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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 103 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.78 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2658 days ago · 37 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.69 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2658 days ago · 32 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 1.731 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2658 days ago · 67 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.87 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2658 days ago · 38 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.511 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2658 days ago · 59 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 1.87 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2657 days ago · 47 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.821 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2657 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 3.33 km WSW of Sunrise, Alaska · 2657 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 26
  9. 2.03 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.67 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.426 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2655 days ago · 82 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 1.821 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2655 days ago · 72 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.24 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2655 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.04 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2655 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.57 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2654 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 1.516 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2654 days ago · 50 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.218 km E of Beluga, AK · 2654 days ago · 51 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.828 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2654 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.517 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2653 days ago · 56 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 1.527 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2653 days ago · 51 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 1.921 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2653 days ago · 68 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 2.06 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2653 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 2.02 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2652 days ago · 43 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.93 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2652 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 3.14 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2652 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 50
  27. 1.53 km SSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 1.515 km SE of Susitna, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 43 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 1.816 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 61 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2651 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 1.83 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 2.17 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2650 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 1.714 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2650 days ago · 70 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 1.88 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2650 days ago · 36 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 1.69 km SSE of Sunrise, Alaska · 2650 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  36. 1.829 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2649 days ago · 80 km deep · 78 km away
  37. 1.96 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2649 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 1.525 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 72 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 4.72 km SW of Kasilof, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 270 · tsunami flag
  40. 3.03 km SSW of Kasilof, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  41. 1.63 km WSW of Kasilof, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 2.33 km WSW of Kasilof, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  43. 1.821 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 2.014 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2647 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
  45. 1.633 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2647 days ago · 74 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 1.83 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2647 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 2.16 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2646 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 1.9Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2646 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  49. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2646 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 1.639 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2646 days ago · 88 km deep · 95 km away
  51. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2646 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
  52. 1.99 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2646 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 1.640 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2646 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 1.98 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2645 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 2.028 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2645 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away
  56. 1.917 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 2645 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away
  57. 2.16 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2644 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
  58. 1.918 km NW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2644 days ago · 37 km deep · 18 km away
  59. 2.25 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2644 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 1.612 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2643 days ago · 48 km deep · 14 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.07 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2659 days ago · 39 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.32 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2659 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.63 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2659 days ago · 42 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 1.85 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 2659 days ago · 57 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 3.01 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2660 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 26
  6. 3.12 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska · 2661 days ago · 50 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.93 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2662 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.620 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2662 days ago · 59 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
  9. 1.643 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2663 days ago · 83 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.612 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2664 days ago · 58 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 1.510 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2664 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.731 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2664 days ago · 85 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.97 km SW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2664 days ago · 52 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.03 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2664 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 2.05 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2665 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 2.08 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2665 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.47 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2665 days ago · 32 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.57 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2666 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.66 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2666 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 1.719 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2666 days ago · 73 km deep · 24 km away

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