Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake Southern Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck in Southern Alaska on Sun, Apr 11, 2021, 9:46 PM AKDT (05:46 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 Southern Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-04-12 05:46:12 UTC
Depth
33.5 km (20.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
61.278° N, 150.122° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 193 in the 60 days after this one and 130 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.930 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.914 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 70 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 2.211 km E of Point Possession, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 63 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.210 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 54 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 1.514 km N of Sterling, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 70 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.916 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 1.81 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 46 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 1.816 km SSE of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 1.725 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.616 km SSE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.726 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.627 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.133 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 82 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.621 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 70 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.914 km SW of Anchorage, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 37 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 1.67 km SW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 39 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 1.72 km ENE of Tyonek, Alaska · 1991 days ago · 67 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.531 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 50 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 1.649 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 76 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 1.93 km N of Big Lake, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 1.512 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 1.626 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 1.857 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 94 km deep · 96 km away
  24. 2.133 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 2.013 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 53 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 2.321 km SSE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 1.618 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 1.78 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 1.56 km NNE of Girdwood, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 2.233 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 1.738 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  32. 2.716 km N of Willow, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
  33. 3.12 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 39 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 9
  34. 1.57 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 55 km deep · 51 km away
  35. 1.530 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 1.627 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 2.32 km NW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 46 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 2.220 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 56 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  39. 1.98 km N of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 40 km deep · 20 km away
  40. 1.838 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.612 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 51 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  42. 3.04 km NW of Big Lake, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 5
  43. 1.827 km SW of Tyonek, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 1.823 km NNW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 2.17 km WNW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
  46. 1.640 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 79 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 1.916 km SSW of Whittier, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  48. 1.920 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 48 km deep · 10 km away
  49. 1.536 km NW of Nikiski, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 87 km deep · 100 km away
  50. 1.520 km SW of Hope, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  51. 1.727 km NW of Beluga, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 74 km deep · 70 km away
  52. 1.729 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 56 km deep · 66 km away
  53. 1.824 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1981 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 2.021 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 1.79 km N of Meadow Lakes, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 29 km deep · 54 km away
  56. 2.140 km SSE of Knik River, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  57. 1.53 km ESE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
  58. 1.625 km SE of Susitna North, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 40 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 4.8Southern Alaska · 1979 days ago · 44 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1,122 · tsunami flag
  60. 1.86 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 38 km deep · 14 km away

The first 60 of 193.

Before

  1. 1.617 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.57 km S of Willow, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 2.010 km WNW of Point Possession, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 67 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 1.64 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 1.532 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 65 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.112 km ESE of Beluga, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 61 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 1.513 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 40 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 1.911 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.72 km NE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 47 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 1.85 km NNW of Ridgeway, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 61 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.19 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 38 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.53 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 31 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 1.625 km WNW of Beluga, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 92 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.532 km E of Skwentna, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 2.521 km SSE of Point Possession, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  16. 2.038 km W of Susitna, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.13 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 38 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 1.61 km E of Nikiski, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.6Southern Alaska · 1999 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.623 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away

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