Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake Central Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Tue, Dec 22, 2020, 2:28 PM AKST (23:28 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 17 km ESE of Susitna North, 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
2020-12-22 23:28:06 UTC
Depth
38.2 km (23.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.227° N, 147.853° 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
47

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.8Central Alaska · 2109 days ago · 58 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.6Central Alaska · 2109 days ago · 47 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.639 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.822 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.546 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.048 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.260 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.542 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 1.916 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.514 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.527 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.87 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2100 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.317 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 1.68 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.638 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.933 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 50 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.245 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 48 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.062 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 38 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 2.528 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 41 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 1.510 km SSW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 2.038 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 65 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 2.119 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 1.759 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
  25. 1.833 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  26. 1.932 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 2.030 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 1.615 km ESE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  29. 2.626 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 1.869 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 31 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 2.431 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 1.765 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 1.531 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 2.278 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 41 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 1.942 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 1.669 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away
  37. 1.816 km E of Lazy Mountain, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
  38. 2.749 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 2.226 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 37 km deep · 82 km away
  40. 1.821 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 1.815 km S of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
  42. 1.620 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  43. 2.123 km E of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 2.131 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 20 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 2.133 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 2.331 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 1.933 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 1.930 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  49. 1.928 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  50. 1.961 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
  51. 1.847 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  52. 2.44 km NE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.67 km SW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 1.547 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
  55. 2.134 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 1.616 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 1.564 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 2.024 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
  59. 1.571 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 61 km deep · 33 km away
  60. 1.547 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of 103.

Before

  1. 1.880 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 58 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 1.922 km WNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 1.624 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.549 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 3.044 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2113 days ago · 32 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2114 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.741 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 1.929 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 1.761 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 66 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.164 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.77 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.1Southern Alaska · 2118 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 1.527 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 1.933 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 1.677 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 58 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.57 km ESE of Susitna North, AK · 2119 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.669 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 63 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.513 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 1.842 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 3.367 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2

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