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M2.5 earthquake 144 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 144 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada on Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 3:11 AM AKDT (11:11 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-06-03 11:11:28 UTC
Depth
7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.131° N, 140.056° W
Region
Canada
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.5ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.045 · 66 stations
2.2ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.4 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
47°
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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9120 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 1.6121 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2294 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 1.999 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2285 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.8129 km ESE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 1.5144 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2274 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 1.690 km WSW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2269 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 1.9126 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2266 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 1.5129 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2262 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 1.997 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.9134 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2254 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away

Before

  1. 2.096 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.9143 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2314 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.0144 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2314 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.1144 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2315 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
  5. 3.2144 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2315 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.492 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.7129 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 1.7Southern Yukon Territory, Canada · 2323 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 1.666 km WNW of Haines Junction, Canada · 2328 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 1.676 km E of McCarthy, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000a54q (also filed as ak02074iwz9l). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:12 PM UTC.