M2.2 earthquake 60 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 60 km SW of Delta Junction, Alaska on Sun, Aug 16, 2020, 1:58 PM AKDT (21:58 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 27 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-16 21:58:43 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 63.712° N, 146.707° 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
- 60
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.828 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.327 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.626 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.7Central Alaska · 2235 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.227 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 100 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.427 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 14
- 2.227 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.827 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.128 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.626 km WSW of Salcha, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.960 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 75 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.082 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2230 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.538 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.163 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.648 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2225 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.570 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.751 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2219 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.566 km WSW of Paxson, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.066 km WSW of Paxson, Alaska · 2216 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.815 km E of Healy, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 108 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.216 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2212 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.854 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.679 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.624 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 90 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.171 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.578 km W of Paxson, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.619 km E of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.578 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.635 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.555 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 2184 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.366 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.666 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.526 km NNE of Paxson, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.275 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.273 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
Before
- 1.958 km SW of Salcha, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 116 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.585 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 76 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.369 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 77 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.435 km SSW of Dry Creek, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.556 km SW of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.546 km NNW of Paxson, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.624 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 88 km deep · 85 km away
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