Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Sat, Jan 11, 2020, 3:44 PM AKST (00:44 UTC), 59 km (37 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 79 km E of Ugashik, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-01-12 00:44:41 UTC
Depth
59.0 km (36.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
56.769° N, 156.089° 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
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.0114 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 66 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 1.9116 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 76 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 3.145 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 115 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.863 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 77 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.975 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 79 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 1.963 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 87 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.0107 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.1123 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 3.643 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.839 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 1.542 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.4119 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 79 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 1.849 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 2.0128 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 78 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 1.746 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 2.643 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 3.8121 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 63 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 1.893 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.846 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.961 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 47 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.155 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 2.379 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 1.775 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 51 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 1.566 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 63 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 2.232 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 2.431 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 1.677 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 82 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 1.651 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 1.758 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  30. 2.057 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 92 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 2423 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 1.686 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 2.586 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 85 km deep · 38 km away
  34. 4.979 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 101 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 8
  35. 2.752 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
  36. 2.238 km E of Ugashik, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 122 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 1.948 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 2.2102 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 63 km deep · 25 km away
  39. 2.057 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2412 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  40. 1.851 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 2.1104 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away
  42. 1.957 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  43. 3.039 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 2.675 km W of Karluk, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 92 km deep · 96 km away
  45. 1.985 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 73 km deep · 46 km away
  46. 2.255 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 2.554 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2406 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  48. 1.658 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
  49. 3.129 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 1.899 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2401 days ago · 66 km deep · 38 km away
  51. 2.899 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 70 km deep · 30 km away
  52. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2399 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 2.038 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 1.529 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 1.883 km W of Akhiok, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away

Before

  1. 2.9116 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.744 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.044 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 91 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.856 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.2114 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.343 km S of Ugashik, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.793 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 70 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 2.060 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.5104 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 70 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2470 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.164 km SW of Karluk, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 32 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 2.3124 km E of Chignik, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 70 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 1.958 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 92 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.168 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 74 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 1.964 km W of Karluk, AK · 2483 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 2.7101 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 1.870 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 81 km deep · 47 km away

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