Magnitude 2.4 - 27 miles E of Noatak




May 23, 2020 01:43:21 AKDT (May 23, 2020 09:43:21 UTC)
67.5587°N 161.9328°W    Depth 10.3 miles (16 km)

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist





Tectonic Setting of Northwest Alaska

A wide, diffuse zone of seismicity extends from northwest Alaska across the Bering Strait into eastern Russia. This zone is believed to mark the northern boundary of the Bering microplate. Moderate-to-large normal faulting and strike-slip events have occurred in this region, including on the Seward Peninsula. The largest of these events was the 1958 M7.3 Huslia Earthquake. It was a normal faulting event that produced extensive failures in unconsolidated surficial deposits within a northeast-striking zone. In 2014, a vigorous earthquake swarm was recorded about 25 miles (40 km) north of Noatak on the Lisburne Peninsula.