Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 39 km NE of Whittier, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 39 km NE of Whittier, Alaska on Wed, Aug 7, 2019, 12:50 AM AKDT (08:50 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 35 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-08-07 08:50:46 UTC
Depth
10.5 km (6.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.056° N, 148.227° 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
44

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.24 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 57 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.06 km NNW of Hope, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.038 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 3.18 km WNW of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  5. 2.02 km SSW of Knik, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.848 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2609 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.15 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.512 km E of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2607 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.78 km W of Moose Pass, Alaska · 2606 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.517 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2605 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.117 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.318 km NW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 3.435 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2601 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 18
  15. 2.152 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2600 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 1.755 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 2.145 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 1.66 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2598 days ago · 40 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 1.919 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.57 km NW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 1.918 km ESE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 1.76 km NE of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 1.735 km SSE of Whittier, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 2.420 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  25. 1.815 km WNW of Whittier, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 2.431 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  27. 1.627 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 2.026 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  29. 2.19 km WSW of Knik, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 3.121 km SSW of Sunrise, Alaska · 2588 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 7
  31. 1.53 km N of Knik, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 2.053 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2586 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 2.98 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.143 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  35. 1.545 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2585 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  36. 1.87 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 2.020 km NNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 1.831 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2584 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  39. 2.452 km SSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 1.536 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 2.654 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2583 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 2.112 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 1.553 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 1.942 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 2.243 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 1.654 km NE of Chenega, Alaska · 2580 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 1.88 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 31 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 2.729 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2578 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 2.643 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 1.66 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2577 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  51. 2.03 km SSW of Knik, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
  52. 2.26 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2575 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 2.96 km N of Anchorage, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 11
  54. 1.553 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  55. 2.416 km ESE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 6
  56. 1.97 km W of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away
  57. 1.542 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2571 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  58. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2571 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 1.838 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 1.544 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of 96.

Before

  1. 2.839 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.2Southern Alaska · 2610 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 1.657 km WSW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2610 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.529 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 1.536 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 2.35 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.333 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.947 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.07 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2614 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.846 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 1.856 km SW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.934 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 2.445 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 1.642 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2618 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 1.615 km SW of Valdez, Alaska · 2620 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.68 km WSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 1.77 km SW of Sunrise, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 1.822 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2621 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.017 km ESE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.933 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2623 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away

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