Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 47 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 47 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska on Thu, Aug 4, 2016, 8:52 PM AKDT (04:52 UTC), 76 km (47 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 40 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-08-05 04:52:21 UTC
Depth
75.6 km (47.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.835° N, 161.696° 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
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 57 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.379 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 2.163 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 61 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 1.938 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 62 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 1.8107 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 2.353 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 2.333 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 52 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.253 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 47 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 2.381 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 2.576 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.238 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 64 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 3.772 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 29 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 1.942 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 70 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 3.4126 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 2.158 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.531 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 82 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 2.346 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 63 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 1.943 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 64 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 2.919 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 72 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 2.515 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 147 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 2.5114 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 2.1112 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 2.044 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 2.361 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 2.28 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 157 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 1.663 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 1.842 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 51 km deep · 26 km away
  29. 2.073 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away
  30. 2.970 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 2.555 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 179 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 2.154 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 50 km deep · 8 km away
  33. 2.661 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 121 km deep · 76 km away
  34. 1.838 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 2.1101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 4.740 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 152 km deep · 69 km away
  37. 2.445 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 98 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 2.341 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 21 km deep · 15 km away
  39. 2.082 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 3.097 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 39 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 2.175 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
  42. 2.993 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 38 km deep · 54 km away
  43. 3.262 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  44. 2.439 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 91 km deep · 60 km away
  45. 2.6110 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 3.039 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 58 km deep · 13 km away
  47. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 3665 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
  48. 2.156 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 3.320 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
  50. 3.060 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 1.965 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 2.085 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  53. 2.390 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  54. 2.363 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
  55. 3.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 38 km deep · 23 km away
  56. 4.295 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
  57. 3.185 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away

Before

  1. 2.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 54 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 2.993 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.282 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 2.195 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 32 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 1.847 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 74 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 1.941 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 90 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.456 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 114 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 2.260 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 53 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 48 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 3.2124 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 2.486 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 2.031 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 63 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 1.945 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.478 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 2.875 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.118 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 113 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 1.953 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 52 km deep · 64 km away

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