M2.0 earthquake 145 km ESE of Alcan Border, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 145 km ESE of Alcan Border, Alaska on Fri, Feb 7, 2020, 1:44 PM PST (21:44 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 145 km ESE of Alcan Border, 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
- 2020-02-07 21:44:30 UTC
- Depth
- 8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.971° N, 138.766° W
- Region
- Canada
- 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
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5142 km SE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.0145 km ESE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.1143 km SE of Alcan Border, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.7149 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2413 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.1150 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0201r76sgi. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:05 PM UTC.