M1.9 earthquake 25 km SE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 25 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Thu, Jun 2, 2016, 4:45 AM AKDT (12:45 UTC), 86 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 31 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-06-02 12:45:27 UTC
- Depth
- 86.4 km (53.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 54.927° N, 161.991° 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
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.297 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.313 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3773 days ago · 171 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.2100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3772 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.060 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.188 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.795 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.052 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 51 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.183 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3766 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.990 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.586 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.021 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 97 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.948 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 64 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.591 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3763 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.594 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3763 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.240 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.363 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.837 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3760 days ago · 99 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.064 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.098 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3753 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.393 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.863 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 64 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.840 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3752 days ago · 80 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.356 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.967 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.356 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 64 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.631 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 70 km deep · 6 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.042 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3746 days ago · 60 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.1100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3746 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.637 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 71 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.357 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 81 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.237 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3743 days ago · 78 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.295 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3742 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.961 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3742 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.262 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3741 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.4120 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.7103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.994 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3739 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.396 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.025 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 76 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.980 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3735 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.856 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3734 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.079 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3731 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.054 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3731 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.283 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.753 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 45 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.490 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.299 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.289 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.288 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.934 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.953 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.118 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 113 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.478 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.945 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.031 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 63 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.486 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of 68.
Before
- 2.128 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 79 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.68 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3780 days ago · 155 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.34 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 114 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.154 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 58 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.071 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 75 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2Alaska Peninsula · 3786 days ago · 111 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.225 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 59 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.2102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.152 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.189 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3789 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.066 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3790 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.851 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.989 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3793 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.549 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.629 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 162 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.982 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3795 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.348 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3797 days ago · 58 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 3798 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.838 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3798 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.376 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 55 km deep · 67 km away
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