Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 4 km S of Houston, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 4 km S of Houston, Alaska on Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 4:19 AM AKDT (12:19 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 7 km S of Big Lake, 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
2020-07-23 12:19:06 UTC
Depth
29.3 km (18.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.591° N, 149.822° 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
68

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 184 in the 60 days after this one and 101 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.74 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 46 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 2.8Southern Alaska · 2260 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 10
  3. 1.921 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 64 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 1.68 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.68 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 42 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.519 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 1.715 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 1.57 km S of Houston, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 50 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 1.77 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 37 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 1.827 km WSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.77 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 39 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.120 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 1.517 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.318 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.29 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 2.418 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 2.017 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 63 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 1.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 1.922 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 80 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.35 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 2.48 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.737 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 1.94 km NW of Tanaina, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 36 km deep · 19 km away
  24. 2.737 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 73 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 2.031 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 2.03 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 40 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 1.519 km N of Girdwood, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
  28. 2.514 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
  29. 1.626 km NE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 2.05 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 36 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 1.6Central Alaska · 2254 days ago · 44 km deep · 47 km away
  32. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2254 days ago · 51 km deep · 2 km away
  33. 2.26 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
  34. 2.413 km NNW of Girdwood, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.713 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 2.731 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
  37. 2.319 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  38. 1.733 km SE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 1.69 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 54 km deep · 45 km away
  40. 1.626 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  41. 1.622 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 41 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.68 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 51 km deep · 8 km away
  43. 1.66 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 39 km deep · 6 km away
  44. 1.815 km WSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 42 km deep · 25 km away
  45. 1.92 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 47 km deep · 11 km away
  46. 2.34 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 40 km deep · 5 km away
  47. 1.513 km W of Big Lake, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 38 km deep · 21 km away
  48. 3.830 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 12
  49. 2.54 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 38 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 1.830 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 1.84 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 41 km deep · 12 km away
  52. 1.93 km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 39 km deep · 39 km away
  53. 1.68 km SSE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  54. 1.922 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 54 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 1.58 km NNW of Houston, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 41 km deep · 13 km away
  56. 1.841 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 1.514 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 89 km deep · 80 km away
  58. 2.87 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 5
  59. 1.724 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 53 km deep · 46 km away
  60. 1.711 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away

The first 60 of 184.

Before

  1. 1.78 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 1.66 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 3.05 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 2.99 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 82
  5. 2.330 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 239 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 3.47 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 37 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 99
  7. 1.614 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.26 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 47 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.05 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.02 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 43 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 2.233 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 56 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 2.44 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 36 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.123 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 3.343 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 50 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 1.56 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 42 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 2.47 km NW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.730 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 62 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.725 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 1.646 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.636 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 80 km deep · 95 km away

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