Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 116 km S of McCarthy, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 116 km S of McCarthy, Alaska on Tue, Feb 4, 2020, 5:39 PM AKST (02:39 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 110 km S of McCarthy, 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
2020-02-05 02:39:02 UTC
Depth
13.8 km (8.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.390° N, 143.092° 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
59

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.7112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.5124 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.7122 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 1.8113 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.5113 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.0113 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 1.7111 km SE of Cordova, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.5122 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.2116 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.6113 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.9112 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.7132 km SE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.5124 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 1.6165 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 2.058 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.457 km ESE of Cordova, Alaska · 2395 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.7105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 1.7110 km E of Cordova, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 1.6111 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 3.2110 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  21. 2.1106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  22. 3.0106 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  23. 2.1105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
  24. 2.2105 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  25. 1.8120 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away

Before

  1. 1.688 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 1.6132 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.5140 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.0127 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.5127 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 4.0128 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · tsunami flag
  7. 1.5133 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.8127 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 1.5129 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.8120 km SSE of McCarthy, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.5103 km S of McCarthy, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 1.6113 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away

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