Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 7 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 7 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Fri, Sep 18, 2020, 3:47 AM AKDT (11:47 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 2 km E of Big Lake, 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
2020-09-18 11:47:36 UTC
Depth
32.1 km (19.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.419° N, 150.061° 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
52

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 190 in the 60 days after this one and 114 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.325 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 3.14 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 40 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 22
  3. 2.57 km W of Fishhook, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.25 km SW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 29 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.77 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 1.57 km SE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 1.78 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 1.521 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 60 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 1.549 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 88 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.88 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2203 days ago · 38 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 2.57 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 38 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 1.77 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 39 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.234 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.927 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 65 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.114 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 1.834 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2202 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 3.433 km WSW of Hope, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 42 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 13
  19. 1.59 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 39 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 1.732 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2201 days ago · 54 km deep · 63 km away
  21. 1.633 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 1.925 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 54 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 1.516 km W of Hope, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 1.847 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 1.719 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 1.73 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away
  27. 2.016 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 1.78 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2200 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
  29. 1.611 km NNE of Fishhook, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 1.541 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 76 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 1.817 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 72 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 1.513 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 71 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 2.434 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 2.421 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 1.512 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  36. 1.633 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 76 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 1.529 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 1.854 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 88 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 1.96 km W of Fishhook, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 2.311 km N of Ridgeway, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 58 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 2.12 km W of Beluga, Alaska · 2197 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
  42. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2196 days ago · 37 km deep · 33 km away
  43. 1.738 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 2.38 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 42 km deep · 4 km away
  45. 2.44 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 38 km deep · 11 km away
  46. 2.335 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  47. 3.012 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  48. 1.513 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2195 days ago · 72 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 1.815 km WSW of Anchorage, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 39 km deep · 26 km away
  50. 2.427 km SW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  51. 1.531 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 66 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 1.52 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  53. 2.2Central Alaska · 2194 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 1.520 km NNE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 1.624 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
  56. 1.532 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 76 km deep · 60 km away
  57. 1.522 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2194 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 1.651 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 90 km deep · 85 km away
  59. 1.85 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 39 km deep · 16 km away
  60. 1.742 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 83 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 190.

Before

  1. 2.528 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 52 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.61 km E of Eagle River, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 1.648 km NW of Beluga, AK · 2205 days ago · 82 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.66 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 2.636 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.423 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 47 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 1.81 km SW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2206 days ago · 38 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 2.36 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2207 days ago · 38 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 1.69 km ESE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.59 km SE of Talkeetna, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.06 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 2.651 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.511 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2208 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 1.525 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 2.16 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 38 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 1.74 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2209 days ago · 40 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 1.6Central Alaska · 2210 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.640 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 91 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.924 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 54 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.922 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away

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