Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 14 km W of Point Possession, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 14 km W of Point Possession, Alaska on Fri, Jan 3, 2020, 7:14 PM AKST (04:14 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-01-04 04:14:03 UTC
Depth
57.5 km (35.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
60.931° N, 150.965° 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
43

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 192 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.660 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 96 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.65 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.713 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.45 km NNE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.512 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 63 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.642 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 84 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.113 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 68 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 1.835 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 84 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 1.648 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 82 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 1.540 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 75 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 1.524 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 65 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.02 km S of Big Lake, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.839 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 80 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 2.56 km ENE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.55 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 1.63 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.54 km SE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.817 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 62 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 2.619 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 56 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 2.59 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 30 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 1.732 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 78 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 1.5Southern Alaska · 2459 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 1.849 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 80 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 2.717 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 63 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 1.87 km S of Knik, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 1.663 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  27. 2.040 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 83 km deep · 50 km away
  28. 1.531 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 82 km deep · 42 km away
  29. 1.729 km NNE of Fox River, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.619 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 1.525 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 39 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 1.7Southern Alaska · 2457 days ago · 38 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.44 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.534 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
  35. 1.76 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 2.19 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 2.041 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 91 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 1.52 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 36 km deep · 44 km away
  39. 1.94 km NE of Anchorage, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 49 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 1.53 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 37 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 1.620 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 1.648 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 103 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 1.627 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 78 km deep · 35 km away
  44. 1.53 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 2.024 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 61 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 1.723 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
  47. 3.219 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 54 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 6
  48. 2.326 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 79 km deep · 29 km away
  49. 1.69 km ENE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 1.710 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
  51. 1.630 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 74 km deep · 36 km away
  52. 2.645 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 1.544 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 1.777 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 129 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 1.644 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  56. 1.644 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 2.16 km SSE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 2.821 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 73 km deep · 47 km away
  59. 1.918 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 1.75 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.64 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 3.226 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 43 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 7
  3. 2.99 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 39 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 12
  4. 2.3Southern Alaska · 2463 days ago · 48 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.226 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.030 km ESE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.019 km S of Point Possession, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 58 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 1.62 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.555 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 94 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.67 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.08 km SW of Knik, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 1.534 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.13 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.95 km ENE of Cooper Landing, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.833 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 82 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 1.516 km ESE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.226 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 61 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 2.013 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 68 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 2.22 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 2.34 km NW of Knik, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 54 km deep · 88 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0206om4nu. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:42 PM UTC.