M2.0 earthquake 30 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 30 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska on Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 2:56 PM AKST (23:56 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 12 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-24 23:56:43 UTC
- Depth
- 79.9 km (49.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 60.784° N, 151.808° 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
- 28
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 175 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.521 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 71 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.919 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 73 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.54 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 58 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.510 km SW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 65 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.743 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 83 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.024 km W of Ninilchik, AK · 2107 days ago · 67 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.223 km SE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.868 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 107 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.543 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.621 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 78 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.168 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 121 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 108 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.580 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 133 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.766 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 114 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.871 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 116 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.917 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 69 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.856 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 107 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.653 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.249 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 91 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.627 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.379 km NE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 168 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.51 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 61 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.61 km WSW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 60 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.518 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.771 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 113 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.54 km SSW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.164 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 113 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.037 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.837 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 71 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.637 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 72 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.939 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 97 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.849 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 82 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 100 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.966 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 110 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.559 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 107 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.929 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 82 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.772 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 130 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.938 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 81 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.563 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.726 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.841 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 92 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.844 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 85 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.912 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 118 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.848 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 83 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.09 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.565 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 109 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.950 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 87 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.046 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 96 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.766 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 99 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.770 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 122 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.672 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 117 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.545 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 92 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.566 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 106 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.675 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 110 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.55 km W of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 55 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.547 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.63 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 47 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.646 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 90 km deep · 96 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.866 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 105 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.644 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 88 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.632 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 80 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.531 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 84 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.470 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 125 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.521 km SSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.528 km WNW of Hope, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 76 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.811 km N of Point Possession, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.327 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.913 km NNE of Nikiski, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 64 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.620 km NNE of Beluga, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.019 km SE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 62 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.949 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 99 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.717 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.617 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 67 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.08 km E of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 63 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.620 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 68 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 74 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.530 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 75 km deep · 39 km away
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