Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 6 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 6 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska on Tue, Feb 4, 2020, 5:18 PM AKST (02:18 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 1 km SW of Funny River, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-02-05 02:18:52 UTC
Depth
68.7 km (42.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.031° N, 151.559° 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
82

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 187 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.559 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 107 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.761 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 97 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.554 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 87 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.356 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 138 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.260 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 118 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.86 km N of Fox River, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 2.254 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2429 days ago · 99 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.6Southern Alaska · 2429 days ago · 79 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 1.721 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 68 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 1.767 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 113 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 2.037 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 73 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 2.051 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 129 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.614 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 65 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 2.075 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 132 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.715 km SSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.868 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 111 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.715 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 1.972 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 117 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.456 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 98 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 1.621 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 70 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 1.660 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 113 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 1.954 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 108 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 1.656 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 99 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 2.172 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 122 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 1.614 km ESE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 49 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 1.857 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 106 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 1.967 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 104 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 1.614 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 49 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 1.616 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 47 km deep · 86 km away
  30. 1.760 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 107 km deep · 77 km away
  31. 1.86 km NNE of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 64 km deep · 26 km away
  32. 1.516 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 2.267 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 122 km deep · 87 km away
  34. 2.160 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 100 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 2.012 km WNW of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 59 km deep · 59 km away
  36. 1.665 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 1.950 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 85 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 1.857 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 90 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 1.515 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 62 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 1.915 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
  41. 1.516 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 54 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 1.617 km ESE of Seldovia Village, Alaska · 2422 days ago · 49 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 2.362 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 111 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 1.661 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 91 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 2.035 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 74 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 1.88 km NE of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 70 km deep · 9 km away
  47. 1.964 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 110 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 2.365 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2421 days ago · 121 km deep · 88 km away
  49. 1.624 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 76 km deep · 33 km away
  50. 1.617 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 71 km deep · 58 km away
  51. 1.629 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 78 km deep · 45 km away
  52. 1.545 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 76 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 1.757 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 102 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 2.210 km WNW of Seldovia, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
  55. 2.057 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 130 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 2.366 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 102 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 1.555 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 128 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 2.017 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 59 km deep · 39 km away
  59. 1.556 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2419 days ago · 93 km deep · 68 km away
  60. 1.538 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 74 km deep · 92 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.576 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 121 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.640 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 77 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.56 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 77 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 1.959 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 99 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.050 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 79 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.960 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 103 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.860 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 93 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.652 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 85 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 1.511 km SSW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 53 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.434 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 80 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 4.357 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 94 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 149 · tsunami flag
  12. 1.655 km SE of Fox River, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.920 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 60 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.836 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 86 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.524 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 71 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 1.519 km S of Funny River, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 60 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 2.569 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 107 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.666 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 109 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.813 km NW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 62 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 1.542 km W of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0201nknbve. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:55 PM UTC.