Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 68 km S of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 68 km S of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Mar 29, 2016, 3:55 AM AKDT (11:55 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 Alaska Peninsula. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-03-29 11:55:09 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.449° N, 162.398° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 54 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.487 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3841 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.283 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3838 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 2.542 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3838 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 3.1105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3838 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.382 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 1.978 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 3.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3834 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.036 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3833 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 2.250 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3832 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.869 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3831 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.537 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3830 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 4.097 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3825 days ago · 31 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 3825 days ago · 49 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 2.080 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.656 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3824 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 2.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3823 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.589 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 2.395 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 3.261 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3816 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 3.760 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 79 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 2.086 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3813 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 2.840 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3812 days ago · 89 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 2.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 2.429 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3810 days ago · 109 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 2.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3808 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 2.255 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3807 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  27. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3806 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 2.069 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 67 km deep · 100 km away
  29. 2.482 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 2.759 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3805 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 2.194 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3801 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  32. 2.8108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  33. 2.376 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 55 km deep · 8 km away
  34. 2.838 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 3797 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  36. 3.569 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 50 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 1.982 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away
  38. 3.5139 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 2.629 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 162 km deep · 85 km away
  40. 2.549 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  41. 2.897 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  42. 2.290 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 2.673 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 39 km deep · 46 km away
  44. 2.989 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
  45. 2.851 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3792 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  46. 2.697 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 3.066 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
  48. 3.189 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 3.2102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 4.2Alaska Peninsula · 3786 days ago · 111 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 2.071 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 75 km deep · 29 km away
  52. 2.154 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 58 km deep · 30 km away
  53. 2.34 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 114 km deep · 81 km away
  54. 2.1103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 2.344 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 70 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 2.116 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3845 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 3846 days ago · 62 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.398 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 4.572 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3847 days ago · 53 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 2.462 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 61 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.268 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3848 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.494 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3849 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.815 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 3850 days ago · 161 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3851 days ago · 56 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 3.096 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3851 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 2.355 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3853 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 1.941 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3854 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 3.3115 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 3.351 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3856 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 2.984 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 2.171 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.367 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3857 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 2.388 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3859 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 2.151 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3860 days ago · 62 km deep · 30 km away

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