M2.4 earthquake 39 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 39 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska on Sun, Sep 18, 2016, 12:12 PM AKDT (20:12 UTC), 91 km (57 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 94 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-18 20:12:14 UTC
- Depth
- 91.2 km (56.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 54.752° N, 162.628° 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
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.039 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 58 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 3665 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.156 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 57 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.4104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.093 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.390 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.363 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.3108 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.189 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.295 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.185 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.673 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 60 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.491 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.864 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.971 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3642 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.394 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.797 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.487 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.384 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3632 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.476 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.416 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.113 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.113 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.528 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 176 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.946 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.112 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.686 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.493 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.112 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.294 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3624 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.473 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3623 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.791 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3623 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.367 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 32 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.886 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.469 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.032 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 83 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.379 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.063 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3620 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.479 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.582 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.382 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.311 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.379 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.130 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 187 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.955 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.942 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 68 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.056 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 2.993 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.175 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.097 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.6110 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.341 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.740 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 152 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.838 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.154 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.7104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.555 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 179 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.073 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.842 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 51 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.28 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 157 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.981 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.1112 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 38 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.5114 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.515 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 147 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.943 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 64 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.346 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 63 km deep · 14 km away
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