Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 76 km ENE of Chase, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 76 km ENE of Chase, Alaska on Tue, Aug 11, 2020, 8:44 AM AKDT (16:44 UTC), 54 km (34 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 11 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-08-11 16:44:24 UTC
Depth
54.0 km (33.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.670° N, 148.699° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.4ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.6ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.029 · 158 stations

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
114

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 123 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.833 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 94 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.561 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 78 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 3.056 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 76 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 1.541 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.753 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 91 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.914 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.974 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 110 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.648 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.613 km SSE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.639 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.417 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.776 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 54 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 1.839 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 1.756 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 69 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 1.542 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 88 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.712 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.645 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 32 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 1.756 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.523 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.837 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 77 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 1.552 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 77 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 1.960 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 75 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 1.744 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 1.938 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 65 km deep · 49 km away
  25. 1.543 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 1.536 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 62 km deep · 40 km away
  27. 1.713 km NNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 90 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 1.649 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 75 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 1.848 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 78 km deep · 38 km away
  30. 1.564 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2223 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 1.663 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 94 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 2.3Central Alaska · 2222 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
  33. 2.039 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 93 km deep · 87 km away
  34. 1.644 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2222 days ago · 88 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 1.618 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2221 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 2.520 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 85 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 1.547 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
  38. 1.965 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 1.550 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 77 km deep · 52 km away
  40. 1.660 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 1.619 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 49 km deep · 62 km away
  42. 1.726 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 79 km deep · 61 km away
  43. 2.316 km ESE of Petersville, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 2.123 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 48 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 1.623 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 1.769 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 94 km deep · 90 km away
  47. 1.810 km E of Petersville, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 80 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 2.464 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 63 km deep · 17 km away
  49. 2.566 km WSW of Paxson, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 2.066 km WSW of Paxson, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 1.54 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  52. 1.748 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 81 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  53. 2.9Central Alaska · 2210 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 27
  54. 1.59 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  55. 1.513 km S of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  56. 1.818 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 53 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 1.632 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 53 km deep · 49 km away
  58. 1.6Central Alaska · 2209 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  59. 1.54 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 1.642 km ENE of Chase, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 55 km deep · 35 km away

The first 60 of 123.

Before

  1. 1.515 km SSE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.841 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 1.578 km WNW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 1.548 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 52 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 1.667 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 61 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 1.663 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 2.130 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 86 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.69 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 1.951 km SSE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 72 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 3.830 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 12
  11. 1.735 km NW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.812 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.673 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 2.731 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.648 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 97 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.641 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 101 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 1.6Central Alaska · 2254 days ago · 44 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.835 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 1.658 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 89 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.350 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 72 km deep · 53 km away

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