M2.0 earthquake 16 km N of Beluga, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 16 km N of Beluga, Alaska on Wed, Oct 21, 2020, 1:38 PM AKDT (21:38 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 2 km E of Big Lake, 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
- 2020-10-21 21:38:08 UTC
- Depth
- 64.8 km (40.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 61.283° N, 151.128° 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
- 90
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 137 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.32 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.532 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 69 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.69 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 36 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.48 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 50 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.731 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 79 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.624 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 60 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.134 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 70 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.925 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.244 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 90 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.518 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 79 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.550 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 81 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.632 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 60 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.88 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.25 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.644 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 82 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.616 km S of Tyonek, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 63 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.521 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 67 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.54 km NE of Susitna, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 62 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.619 km NNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2167 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.512 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2167 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2167 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.035 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 75 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.52 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.612 km NNW of Tanaina, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 2166 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.512 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.318 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.525 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 73 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.74 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.227 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 61 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.912 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 68 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.068 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 118 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.57 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.613 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.910 km ESE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.043 km E of Nikiski, AK · 2163 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.622 km NNW of Nikiski, AK · 2163 days ago · 66 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.729 km SE of Nikiski, AK · 2163 days ago · 82 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.74 km NNW of Tyonek, AK · 2163 days ago · 58 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.813 km NE of Big Lake, AK · 2162 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.523 km E of Kalifornsky, AK · 2162 days ago · 71 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.525 km SE of Susitna, AK · 2162 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.57.2 km NE of Point MacKenzie, AK · 2162 days ago · 46 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.620 km WNW of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.67 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.554 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 104 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.811 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 39 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.84 km SW of Beluga, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 53 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 110 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.29 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2161 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.623.4 km WNW of Skwentna, AK · 2161 days ago · 72 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.958.5 km E of Salamatof, AK · 2161 days ago · 128 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.55 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, AK · 2160 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.616.2 km SSE of Susitna, AK · 2160 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.837 km ENE of Salamatof, AK · 2160 days ago · 84 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.95 km WNW of Houston, AK · 2160 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.522 km SSW of Beluga, AK · 2160 days ago · 60 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.866 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 116 km deep · 80 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.614 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.522 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.623 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.4Southern Alaska · 2173 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.14 km WNW of Houston, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 53 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 55
- 2.329 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2173 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.864 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 116 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.630 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.817 km WSW of Willow, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.25 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2175 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.047 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 82 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.879 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 139 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.569 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 112 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.73 km NW of Houston, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.96 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.65 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.830 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.634 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 76 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.119 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 69 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 1.83 km ESE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 53 km deep · 25 km away
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