Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 21 km N of Beluga, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 21 km N of Beluga, Alaska on Fri, Aug 14, 2020, 7:48 AM AKDT (15:48 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km SW of Skwentna, 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
2020-08-14 15:48:34 UTC
Depth
63.6 km (39.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.331° N, 151.146° 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
69

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 120 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.730 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 63 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 1.84 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.134 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 77 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 1.58 km SE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.52 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.07 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.435 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 1.65 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 50 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 1.58 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 36 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 1.522 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 59 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 1.668 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 109 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.66 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 1.69 km NNE of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 3.14 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 18
  15. 1.838 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 84 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 1.921 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.866 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 117 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2235 days ago · 82 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.922 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 1.62 km W of Knik, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 1.523 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 62 km deep · 18 km away
  22. 2.76 km ENE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.62 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away
  24. 1.74 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 1.77 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 1.51 km SW of Knik, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 53 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 1.83 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 1.917 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 47 km deep · 64 km away
  29. 1.541 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 105 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 1.62 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.125 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 41 km deep · 54 km away
  32. 2.218 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away
  33. 1.54 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 1.841 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 1.634 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 99 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 1.823 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 1.823 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 59 km deep · 59 km away
  38. 3.44 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 59
  39. 1.563 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 118 km deep · 77 km away
  40. 1.636 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 65 km deep · 15 km away
  41. 2.012 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 1.55 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 31 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 2.034 km WNW of Willow, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 1.910 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 1.542 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 99 km deep · 52 km away
  46. 1.68 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 74 km deep · 38 km away
  47. 1.916 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
  48. 1.736 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  49. 1.54 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 49 km deep · 49 km away
  50. 1.59 km NNW of Knik, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 36 km deep · 77 km away
  51. 1.64 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  52. 1.62 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 1.88 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
  54. 2.620 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 60 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.129 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 76 km deep · 25 km away
  56. 1.64 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 2.40 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 1.633 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 77 km deep · 81 km away
  59. 1.939 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 82 km deep · 51 km away
  60. 3.037 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 116 km deep · 78 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 1.759 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 97 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 2.125 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 1.714 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.613 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 69 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 1.769 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 127 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.510 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 61 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 2.218 km NNE of Sterling, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 48 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.48 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.515 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.214 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.872 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 128 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 2.129 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 108 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.57 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.520 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 86 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.56 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 1.711 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 1.724 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 53 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 1.918 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 101 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 2.87 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 29 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5

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