M2.0 earthquake 24 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 24 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska on Sun, Jan 12, 2020, 4:55 AM AKST (13:55 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-12 13:55:12 UTC
- Depth
- 61.3 km (38.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 60.414° N, 151.745° 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
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 194 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.723 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 76 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.219 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 6
- 2.326 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 79 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 57 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.19 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 57 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.871 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 137 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.710 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.57 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 62 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.870 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 120 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 74 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.667 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 113 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.822 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 55 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.062 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 96 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.777 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 129 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.568 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 97 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.965 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 108 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.760 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 122 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.821 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 73 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 58 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.261 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 101 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.163 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 98 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.561 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 98 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 92 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.632 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 66 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.650 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 81 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.6Southern Alaska · 2449 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.383 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 131 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 90 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 97 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.59 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 54 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.56 km SSW of Homer, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 114 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.646 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 89 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.24 km NW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 62 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 109 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.663 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 104 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.267 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 109 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.518 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 75 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.629 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 79 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.513 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 66 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 71 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.91 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 54 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.549 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 80 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.933 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.462 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 103 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.563 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 94 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.650 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 2.159 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 115 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.515 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.140 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 82 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.562 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 98 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.665 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 109 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.762 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 102 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.649 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 100 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.435 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 72 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.93 km N of Kenai, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 67 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.060 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 125 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.648 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 118 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.439 km NE of Fox River, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 7
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.627 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 78 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.654 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 128 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.562 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 108 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.460 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 96 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 1.921 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 77 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.52 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.639 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 94 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 94 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 84 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.354 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 131 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.525 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 79 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.155 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 97 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.966 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 105 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.659 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 105 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.729 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 46 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.575 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 112 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.531 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 82 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.539 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.040 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 83 km deep · 66 km away
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