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M1.9 earthquake 58 km SW of Haines Junction, Canada

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 58 km SW of Haines Junction, Canada on Mon, Feb 17, 2020, 8:57 AM AKST (17:57 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 76 km N of Yakutat, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-02-17 17:57:41 UTC
Depth
13.4 km (8.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.377° N, 138.267° W
Region
Canada
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
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.457 km SW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2416 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.026 km NE of Yakutat, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.659 km SW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2415 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 1.691 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 2.154 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 1.854 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 2.481 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.076 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 2399 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.860 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2399 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.651 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.674 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 1.874 km WNW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 3.076 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 2.280 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.779 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.959 km SW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2389 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 1.579 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.576 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 2.843 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2378 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 1.528 km W of Haines Junction, Canada · 2374 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 2.958 km E of Yakutat, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.776 km N of Yakutat, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 1.659 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 1.587 km WNW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.957 km SW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2430 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 3.5Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 2431 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 3.757 km SW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2431 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.057 km SW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2431 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.857 km SW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2431 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 3.157 km SW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2431 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.857 km SW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2432 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.543 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.722 km SSE of Haines Junction, Canada · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away

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