M2.8 earthquake 87 km SSE of Chenega, Alaska
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 87 km SSE of Chenega, Alaska on Wed, Feb 19, 2020, 4:04 PM AKST (01:04 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 21 km SW of Chenega, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-02-20 01:04:02 UTC
- Depth
- 25.2 km (15.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.300° N, 147.675° 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
- 85
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.315 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.7123 km S of Chenega, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.720 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.5107 km SSE of Chenega, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.917 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0105 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.970 km E of Chenega, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.8103 km SE of Chenega, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.021 km SW of Chenega, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0202cd0zsu (also filed as us70007tbu). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:12 AM UTC.