M2.0 earthquake 163 km SE of Cordova, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 163 km SE of Cordova, Alaska on Fri, Oct 23, 2020, 3:41 AM AKDT (11:41 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 186 km WSW of Yakutat, 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-23 11:41:28 UTC
- Depth
- 105.7 km (65.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 59.676° N, 143.379° 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
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1178 km WSW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2169 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.0122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2162 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.9195 km WSW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2160 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.0121 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.1107 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.1109 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.3186 km WSW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.3126 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 1.8211 km WSW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2174 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.9124 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.5123 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 2177 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.0122 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2178 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.6103 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.6101 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2189 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.6125 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.080 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak020dndepad. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC.