Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 2 km SSW of Houston, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 2 km SSW of Houston, Alaska on Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 2:50 PM AKDT (22:50 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 7 km SE of Girdwood, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-06-03 22:50:13 UTC
Depth
40.3 km (25.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.608° N, 149.847° 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
51

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 185 in the 60 days after this one and 103 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.125 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 49 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 2.19 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 31 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 2.216 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 1.71 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.78 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 2.113 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 34 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 1.919 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 54 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.57 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 1.78 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 1.52 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 47 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.97 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.826 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.018 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 52 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 1.88 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 44 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.621 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 62 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 1.634 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 1.536 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.248 km NNW of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.629 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 1.95 km NNW of Sunrise, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.219 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 65 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 1.85 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2303 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 1.731 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 2.819 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 40 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.09 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2301 days ago · 44 km deep · 12 km away
  27. 1.523 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 73 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 1.58 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 1.521 km WSW of Glacier View, Alaska · 2299 days ago · 34 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.55 km W of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 1.532 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away
  32. 3.121 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 18
  33. 1.95 km NW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2296 days ago · 80 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 2.430 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 76 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 4.27 km SE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 865 · tsunami flag
  36. 2.032 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away
  37. 1.78 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 39 km deep · 19 km away
  38. 1.89 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 3.17 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 36 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 18
  40. 2.02 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2293 days ago · 55 km deep · 16 km away
  41. 1.84 km NW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2291 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.632 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2291 days ago · 76 km deep · 92 km away
  43. 2.431 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2291 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 2.64 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.85 km ENE of Lazy Mountain, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  46. 1.59 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 42 km deep · 7 km away
  47. 1.79 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 2.027 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 1.542 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 1.97 km NW of Houston, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 44 km deep · 9 km away
  51. 2.327 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2289 days ago · 50 km deep · 57 km away
  52. 1.929 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 74 km deep · 95 km away
  53. 1.530 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 74 km deep · 88 km away
  54. 1.921 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away
  55. 2.41 km SE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  56. 1.514 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
  57. 1.617 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away
  58. 1.623 km N of Beluga, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
  59. 1.932 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 75 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 1.512 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of 185.

Before

  1. 1.620 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 1.926 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 1.98 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 1.815 km SSW of Petersville, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 57 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.731 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 79 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.825 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.55 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 48 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 1.75 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 2.629 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.619 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 64 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.64 km E of Willow, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 36 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 1.727 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 2.05 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 39 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2314 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.611 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 43 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 1.89 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 1.86 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 1.819 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 1.624 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.25 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02074pp2of. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:49 PM UTC.