M2.3 earthquake 6 km NE of Halibut Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 6 km NE of Halibut Cove, Alaska on Wed, Nov 11, 2020, 11:41 PM AKST (08:41 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 20 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-12 08:41:34 UTC
- Depth
- 44.2 km (27.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.631° N, 151.125° 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
- 87
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.142 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 88 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.925 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2150 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.553 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 89 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.62 km WNW of Funny River, Alaska · 2149 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.739 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 73 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.738 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.955 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 89 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.542 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 90 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.69 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 58 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.089 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.89 km NW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2148 days ago · 54 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.621 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2147 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.540 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 86 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.633 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 87 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.546 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.942 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.48 km NW of Diamond Ridge, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 53 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 1.510 km SSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.66 km WSW of Lowell Point, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.629 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 90 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.616 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 59 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.818 km E of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 62 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.931 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.88 km NNW of Kachemak, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 57 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.97 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.916 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 74 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.039 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 90 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.843 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 80 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.549 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 80 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.57 km ENE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 60 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.527 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.54 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 60 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.33 km NNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 73 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.06 km S of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 73 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.938 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 1.548 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 100 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.694 km SSE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.54 km N of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 65 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.545 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.620 km NW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.194 km ESE of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Funny River, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.450 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 99 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.811 km SSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 44 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.143 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 73 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.723 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 53 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.634 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.730 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 71 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.643 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.722 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 86 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.518 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 70 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 60 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.548 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.349 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 90 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.856 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 93 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.757 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 82 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.54 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 71 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.748 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 95 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.511 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 81 km deep · 56 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.827 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 86 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.244 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.717 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2151 days ago · 44 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.85 km SE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.84 km WNW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 52 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.817 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.041 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2152 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.522 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2153 days ago · 85 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.337 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 58 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.77 km E of Soldotna, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.56 km WSW of Funny River, Alaska · 2154 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.817 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2155 days ago · 49 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
- 1.854 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2156 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.638 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2157 days ago · 73 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.634 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.635 km ESE of Nanwalek, AK · 2158 days ago · 78 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.535 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2158 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.615 km E of Happy Valley, AK · 2158 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.710 km ENE of Anchor Point, AK · 2158 days ago · 62 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.847 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2159 days ago · 77 km deep · 87 km away
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