Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 5 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 5 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Sat, May 23, 2020, 8:28 AM AKDT (16:28 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 7 km SE of Girdwood, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-05-23 16:28:33 UTC
Depth
28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.322° N, 149.910° 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
79

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 174 in the 60 days after this one and 85 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.924 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 53 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.423 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 53 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 1.66 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 36 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 1.57 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 1.65 km ESE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 31 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.436 km NE of Whittier, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.03 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 1.625 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 56 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 2.310 km SE of Beluga, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 54 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.830 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 59 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.514 km ESE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 56 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.547 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2319 days ago · 71 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.67 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 2.07 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2318 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.620 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 1.520 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 58 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 1.55 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.14 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 1.934 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 2.412 km WNW of Hope, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 38 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 1.917 km ESE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  22. 1.65 km NW of Houston, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 2.213 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 49 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 2.229 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 2.25 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.624 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 70 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 1.819 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 80 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 1.86 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2315 days ago · 39 km deep · 15 km away
  29. 1.611 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 43 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 1.9Southern Alaska · 2314 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  31. 2.05 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 39 km deep · 33 km away
  32. 1.727 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 1.64 km E of Willow, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
  34. 1.75 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 1.55 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 48 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 2.614 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  37. 1.825 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 1.731 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2312 days ago · 79 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 1.98 km SE of Houston, Alaska · 2311 days ago · 31 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 1.926 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 1.620 km W of Anchorage, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 44 km deep · 25 km away
  42. 2.02 km SSW of Houston, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away
  43. 2.125 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 2.19 km NNE of Houston, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
  45. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  46. 2.216 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 1.71 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 36 km deep · 6 km away
  48. 1.78 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  49. 2.113 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2308 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
  50. 1.57 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away
  51. 1.78 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2307 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
  52. 1.52 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 47 km deep · 22 km away
  53. 2.97 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.826 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 2.018 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 52 km deep · 55 km away
  56. 1.88 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 44 km deep · 89 km away
  57. 1.515 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 2.621 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 62 km deep · 38 km away
  59. 1.634 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 1.536 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2304 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of 174.

Before

  1. 1.76 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.64 km NNW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 1.714 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 40 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.135 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 69 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.631 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2323 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.45 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.624 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 55 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 1.55 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 1.611 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 40 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.622 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 53 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 2.14 km NNE of Eagle River, Alaska · 2325 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 1.815 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.93 km N of Lakes, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 1.914 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.64 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 38 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 2.48 km NW of Houston, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.62 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2328 days ago · 46 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 1.718 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 54 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 1.513 km S of Sunrise, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 1.611 km SSW of Willow, Alaska · 2329 days ago · 44 km deep · 37 km away

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