Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 64 km ENE of Chase, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 64 km ENE of Chase, Alaska on Wed, Sep 9, 2020, 2:00 AM AKDT (10:00 UTC), 63 km (39 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
2020-09-09 10:00:10 UTC
Depth
62.5 km (38.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.721° N, 149.004° 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
2.5ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.032 · 130 stations

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
79

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 170 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 170.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020bmkx5uj (also filed as us7000bkaa). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:48 AM UTC.