Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 30 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 30 km SW of Trapper Creek, Alaska on Sat, Jan 2, 2021, 9:24 PM AKST (06:24 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 5 km SSE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

Talkeetna forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-03 06:24:43 UTC
Depth
64.9 km (40.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
62.117° N, 150.628° W
Region
Alaska
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
56

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 202 in the 60 days after this one and 196 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.547 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.933 km E of Chase, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.98 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 1.636 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 111 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.245 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 48 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.828 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 74 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 1.550 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 104 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.94 km WSW of Knik-Fairview, AK · 2091 days ago · 57 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.519 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.528 km NNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.338 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 85 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 1.813 km SSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 79 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 1.613 km NNW of Willow, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 42 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 1.757 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2091 days ago · 111 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.531 km NE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 70 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 2.645 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.731 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 77 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 1.51 km WSW of Houston, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 2.55 km WNW of Knik, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 44 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 6
  20. 1.626 km NNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 57 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 1.56 km N of Houston, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 2.038 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 65 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 1.954 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 76 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 2.119 km N of Fishhook, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 1.513 km WNW of Susitna North, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  26. 1.648 km NNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 103 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 1.759 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 1.833 km NNW of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 1.524 km ENE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 67 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 1.824 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 75 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 1.613 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
  32. 2.036 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 88 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 1.87 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 1.626 km NW of Willow, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 1.833 km N of Skwentna, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 85 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 1.659 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 130 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 1.548 km NW of Petersville, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 94 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 1.740 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 119 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 1.515 km NE of Beluga, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 61 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 1.523 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 88 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 1.57 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 45 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 2.2Southern Alaska · 2087 days ago · 71 km deep · 41 km away
  43. 1.541 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 77 km deep · 59 km away
  44. 1.67 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 79 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 1.715 km ENE of Willow, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 45 km deep · 55 km away
  46. 2.231 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 79 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 1.748 km NE of Chase, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 69 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 1.529 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 73 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 1.722 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 59 km deep · 56 km away
  50. 1.533 km N of Chase, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 73 km deep · 75 km away
  51. 2.626 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 45 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 2.312 km NNE of Willow, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 47 km deep · 47 km away
  53. 1.53 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 40 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 1.725 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 69 km deep · 37 km away
  55. 2.24 km NNW of Lakes, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 1.56 km E of Big Lake, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 1.539 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
  58. 2.147 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
  59. 1.945 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 124 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 1.736 km W of Skwentna, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 110 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 1.638 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 48 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 1.522 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 86 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 1.525 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 75 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 1.97 km ENE of Big Lake, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.950 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 102 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.317 km E of Susitna North, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 46 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 1.813 km W of Petersville, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 80 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 2.319 km NW of Susitna, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 65 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 2.28 km ENE of Susitna, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 56 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.77 km NW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.630 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 82 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.013 km S of Susitna North, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 43 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 1.525 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 69 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 1.632 km S of Skwentna, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 80 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 1.87 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 2.924 km SW of Petersville, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 72 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 1.527 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 32 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.722 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 87 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.514 km WNW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  20. 1.916 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak02152bvmw. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 2:16 AM UTC.