Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 19 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 19 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska on Mon, Feb 1, 2016, 9:30 PM AKST (06:30 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 72 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-02-02 06:30:30 UTC
Depth
118.9 km (73.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.021° N, 162.833° 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
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.582 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.730 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 3895 days ago · 141 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.573 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3888 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.154 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3884 days ago · 96 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.972 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3880 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.442 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3879 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 2.128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3878 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.510 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 129 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 2.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3877 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 3.527 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 3876 days ago · 149 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 2.155 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3873 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 3.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3872 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 3.766 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3871 days ago · 88 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 3.240 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3869 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 1.946 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3867 days ago · 78 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 3.596 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 2.853 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 74 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.031 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3864 days ago · 100 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.235 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3862 days ago · 114 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.151 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 2.367 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 2.171 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 3.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 1.941 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 82 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 2.355 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 2.655 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3852 days ago · 82 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3851 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 2.815 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 161 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 2.268 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 4.184 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 183 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 2.462 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 4.572 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 53 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 2.116 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
  34. 2.344 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3844 days ago · 70 km deep · 60 km away
  35. 2.468 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3841 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 2.542 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3838 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away

Before

  1. 2.050 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3898 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.469 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.515 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3899 days ago · 103 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 2.678 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3901 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.154 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 63 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 3.049 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3903 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.154 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3905 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 2.041 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3905 days ago · 71 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.053 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3905 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3905 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 3.264 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3908 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3908 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3909 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.755 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3910 days ago · 41 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.921 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3911 days ago · 118 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 2.694 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3914 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.653 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3916 days ago · 79 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 4.0Alaska Peninsula · 3922 days ago · 91 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 2.443 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3923 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.756 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3925 days ago · 90 km deep · 95 km away

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