Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 8 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 8 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska on Mon, Jan 27, 2020, 5:34 PM AKST (02:34 UTC), 30 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 34 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-01-28 02:34:45 UTC
Depth
29.6 km (18.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.879° N, 147.715° 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
69

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 115 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.043 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.634 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.839 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 2.445 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.520 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.534 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 3.343 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.829 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.644 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 1.813 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 2.651 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.548 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.735 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 1.533 km S of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 2.112 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 1.643 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 2.215 km NE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 1.820 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 1.943 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 1.525 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 2.667 km NW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 2.330 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 1.944 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 1.650 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  25. 1.645 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  26. 2.039 km W of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away
  27. 1.651 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 1.854 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 1.654 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 2.027 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 2.237 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 1.632 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 2.018 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
  34. 1.840 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 2.245 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
  36. 1.829 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 1.521 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  38. 2.042 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 1.527 km WNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  40. 1.626 km NNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 36 km deep · 33 km away
  41. 1.518 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 2.152 km ESE of Knik River, Alaska · 2417 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 1.643 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  44. 2.239 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 1.550 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 1.844 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 1.634 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away
  48. 1.521 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
  49. 1.620 km S of Glacier View, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  50. 1.737 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 2.029 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  52. 1.644 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
  53. 1.547 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
  54. 1.7Central Alaska · 2411 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
  55. 1.722 km NW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
  56. 3.139 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.545 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 31 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 1.544 km S of Nelchina, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 1.641 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
  60. 1.743 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of 115.

Before

  1. 1.539 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.545 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 2.226 km SSE of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 1.650 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 1.536 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.552 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.98 km NE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 1.637 km SSE of Glacier View, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 1.610 km WSW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 41 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 1.727 km NW of Valdez, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.639 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 1.923 km SW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 1.822 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 1.76 km S of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 1.837 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.841 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.179 km NW of Lake Louise, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.849 km N of Valdez, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 1.636 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 1.745 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away

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