Alaska earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 46 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 46 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Sat, Feb 1, 2020, 8:04 PM AKST (05:04 UTC), 175 km (109 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 32 km NE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2020-02-02 05:04:17 UTC
Depth
174.8 km (108.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.764° N, 161.823° 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

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Location uncertainty
About 7.3 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
98°
Stations used
126

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.17 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 74 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.01 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.015 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 110 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.952 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 2.249 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 169 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.762 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2411 days ago · 145 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 3.832 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 111 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.227 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 151 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 1.618 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.736 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.911 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 91 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.611 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 183 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 1.723 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 81 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 1.763 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 88 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 1.542 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 2.939 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 102 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.843 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 94 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 2.137 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2372 days ago · 157 km deep · 47 km away

Before

  1. 2.611 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 112 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.152 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2434 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.852 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 60 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.858 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 92 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.055 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 152 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 2.932 km NW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 224 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 1.728 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.722 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 78 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 2.031 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 88 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.051 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.924 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 111 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 2.033 km NE of King Cove, AK · 2458 days ago · 113 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.840 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 105 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60007mk2 (also filed as ak0201inqimb). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:33 PM UTC.