Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 31 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 31 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska on Sat, Oct 17, 2020, 12:48 PM AKDT (20:48 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 50 km N of Chase, 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
2020-10-17 20:48:59 UTC
Depth
69.9 km (43.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
63.281° N, 148.368° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 102 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.467 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.656 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 142 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.437 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2172 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 2.160 km WSW of Delta Junction, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.755 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2171 days ago · 117 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.517 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 89 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 3.650 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 80 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.618 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2170 days ago · 100 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.769 km SW of Whitestone, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.354 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 78 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 1.840 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2168 days ago · 95 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 1.559 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.867 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 64 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 1.851 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2166 days ago · 60 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.682 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2165 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 1.860 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2164 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.756 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 1.631 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2163 days ago · 70 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 1.660 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 1.844 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 1.653 km ENE of Cantwell, AK · 2162 days ago · 91 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 2.262 km E of Cantwell, AK · 2161 days ago · 125 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 1.977 km NNW of Cantwell, AK · 2161 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 2.469 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 59 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 2.261 km NW of Cantwell, AK · 2160 days ago · 71 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 1.649 km SSW of Chase, AK · 2159 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 2.534 km NE of Chase, AK · 2159 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 1.755 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 68 km deep · 48 km away
  29. 2.157 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 1.756 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 66 km deep · 32 km away
  31. 2.610 km N of Healy, AK · 2157 days ago · 129 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 1.727 km SE of Cantwell, AK · 2157 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
  33. 3.245 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  34. 1.959 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 75 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 1.878 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 1.964 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  37. 1.647 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  38. 2.066 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
  39. 1.530 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 62 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 1.572 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  41. 2.864 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 64 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.14 km S of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 2.533 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  44. 1.643 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 101 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 1.575 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 2.150 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
  47. 1.623 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 76 km deep · 18 km away
  48. 1.687 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 63 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 1.641 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 103 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 1.764 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 105 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 1.939 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 68 km deep · 95 km away
  52. 2.034 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 69 km deep · 42 km away
  53. 1.969 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 1.868 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 1.632 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 114 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 2.849 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 65 km deep · 24 km away
  57. 1.654 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 66 km deep · 41 km away
  58. 1.910 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 109 km deep · 73 km away
  59. 3.050 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 118 km deep · 82 km away
  60. 1.956 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 91 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 102.

Before

  1. 1.710 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2176 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 2.243 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 101 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.935 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 105 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.273 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.275 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.666 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 2.366 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 2.163 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 78 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.535 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.535 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.847 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2179 days ago · 76 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 2.425 km NE of Ferry, Alaska · 2180 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.555 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 1.635 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 78 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 1.745 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.578 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 2.578 km W of Paxson, Alaska · 2183 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 1.947 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 86 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.969 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.636 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 68 km deep · 92 km away

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