M2.0 earthquake 40 km W of Tyonek, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 40 km W of Tyonek, Alaska on Tue, Jan 7, 2020, 9:53 PM AKST (06:53 UTC), 83 km (51 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 57 km W of Salamatof, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-08 06:53:27 UTC
- Depth
- 82.8 km (51.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 61.007° N, 151.883° 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
- 72
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 148 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.531 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 82 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.575 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 112 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.619 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.525 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.534 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.041 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 91 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.52 km NE of Sterling, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.648 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 103 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.627 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 78 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Cohoe, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.723 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 76 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.219 km NNE of Point Possession, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 54 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
- 2.326 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 79 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2452 days ago · 57 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.871 km ENE of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 137 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.710 km NW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 74 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.645 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.544 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.777 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 129 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.644 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.644 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.821 km W of Nikiski, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 73 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Soldotna, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 58 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.842 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.632 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 74 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.5Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 66 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.650 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.383 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 131 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 90 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.656 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 97 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.841 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 108 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.59 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 54 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.723 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.669 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 114 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.24 km NW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 62 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.737 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 68 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.767 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 109 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.663 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 104 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.267 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 109 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.629 km WNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 79 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.619 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.513 km N of Nikiski, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 66 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 71 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.91 km NE of Tyonek, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 54 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.549 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.515 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 48 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.140 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 82 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.649 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 100 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.435 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.036 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 106 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.93 km N of Kenai, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.842 km NNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.657 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2443 days ago · 101 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.5Southern Alaska · 2443 days ago · 126 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.97 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.616 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 66 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.523 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.528 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 60 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.067 km W of Tyonek, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 113 km deep · 27 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.663 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.717 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 63 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.551 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 85 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.849 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 80 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.732 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 78 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.619 km WSW of Point Possession, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 56 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.817 km SW of Susitna, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.743 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 81 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.55 km S of Soldotna, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.839 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 80 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.524 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 65 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.540 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 75 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.648 km W of Salamatof, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 82 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.835 km WNW of Salamatof, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 84 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.113 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 68 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.642 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 84 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Kasilof, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 63 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.660 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 96 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.014 km W of Point Possession, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 58 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.620 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 72 km deep · 93 km away
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