Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 2 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 2 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska on Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 4:21 PM AKST (01:21 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 5 km SE 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
2020-01-21 01:21:48 UTC
Depth
39.4 km (24.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.382° N, 149.992° 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
45

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 163 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.841 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.94 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 1.842 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 1.68 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 1.837 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.14 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 32 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 1.76 km S of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 34 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.54 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 3.47 km S of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 39 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 33
  10. 1.822 km SSE of Chickaloon, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.617 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.77 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 1.616 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 66 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.64 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 39 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 1.528 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 1.823 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 43 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 1.52 km SSE of Houston, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 50 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2444 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.715 km W of Willow, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 48 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 1.56 km E of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
  21. 1.910 km S of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 47 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 1.724 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 1.522 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 38 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 3.116 km WNW of Willow, AK · 2442 days ago · 49 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
  25. 1.59 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 39 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 1.63 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
  27. 1.521 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 77 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 2.011 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 2.49 km ESE of Willow, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
  30. 1.722 km N of Willow, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 3.132 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away
  32. 1.723 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
  33. 1.813 km NNE of Whittier, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 2.717 km NNW of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.527 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 58 km deep · 38 km away
  36. 1.525 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 98 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 1.513 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 43 km deep · 54 km away
  38. 1.58 km NNE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2440 days ago · 31 km deep · 6 km away
  40. 2.634 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 76 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 1.529 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 59 km deep · 62 km away
  42. 1.65 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 45 km deep · 11 km away
  43. 1.615 km SW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  44. 1.94 km S of Willow, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 40 km deep · 36 km away
  45. 1.68 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away
  46. 1.537 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  47. 1.518 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 1.725 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 1.520 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
  50. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 39 km deep · 5 km away
  51. 1.98 km NNE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 40 km deep · 6 km away
  52. 1.910 km SSE of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2438 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  53. 1.920 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 1.620 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  55. 1.56 km N of Susitna, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 44 km deep · 37 km away
  56. 1.813 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  57. 2.418 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 61 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 1.830 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 1.84 km SE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2436 days ago · 30 km deep · 6 km away
  60. 2.524 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 54 km deep · 88 km away

The first 60 of 195.

Before

  1. 1.69 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 1.515 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 48 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.68 km NNW of Whittier, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 2.96 km E of Willow, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 47 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 1.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 44 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 1.91 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 54 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.513 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.619 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.719 km WSW of Whittier, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 3.33 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 52 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 57
  11. 1.737 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 68 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.95 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 40 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 1.723 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 2.019 km SW of Knik River, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 37 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 1.822 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.59 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 54 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 2.13 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 38 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 2.02 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 2.94 km NE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 1.528 km WSW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away

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