Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 30 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 30 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska on Wed, Jul 22, 2020, 3:10 PM AKDT (23:10 UTC), 239 km (148 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.1 41 km N of Valdez, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-07-22 23:10:41 UTC
Depth
238.9 km (148.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
61.569° N, 148.144° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 172 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.04 km S of Houston, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2261 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.729 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 1.519 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.715 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 37 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 3.0Southern Alaska · 2259 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 3.043 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.57 km S of Houston, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.942 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.77 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.120 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.545 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.29 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.753 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.519 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.320 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.017 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 1.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 38 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 1.922 km WNW of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.48 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 42 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.94 km NW of Tanaina, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 2.03 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 1.913 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
  26. 1.519 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  27. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2254 days ago · 51 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 2.26 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 2.413 km NNW of Girdwood, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.731 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 2.319 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  32. 1.733 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  33. 1.673 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 1.747 km SSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
  35. 1.737 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  36. 1.68 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 1.66 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 39 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 1.92 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 2.34 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 2.550 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  41. 2.532 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  42. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 1.663 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 1.68 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  45. 1.547 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 1.712 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  47. 1.549 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 1.58 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 2.214 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.745 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 1.841 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  52. 2.140 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  53. 2.87 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 29 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 5
  54. 1.643 km W of Tatitlek, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 1.56 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away
  56. 1.742 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 1.526 km SE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
  58. 2.246 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 1.630 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 1.524 km ESE of Whittier, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away

The first 60 of 172.

Before

  1. 3.47 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 99
  2. 1.736 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 2.26 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.953 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.339 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.037 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.534 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 2.02 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 3.343 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.724 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.845 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.47 km NW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 30 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 1.933 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.618 km WNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 1.535 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 1.827 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 45 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.035 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.836 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 1.642 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 1.730 km N of Glacier View, Alaska · 2271 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0209dre4ps. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:48 AM UTC.