Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 56 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 56 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Fri, Jul 29, 2016, 3:02 PM AKDT (23:02 UTC), 114 km (71 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
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-07-29 23:02:56 UTC
Depth
113.9 km (70.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.580° N, 161.704° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.941 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 90 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 1.847 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 54 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.955 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 181 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 2.047 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 76 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.163 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.938 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 62 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.333 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 52 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.253 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.848 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.238 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 64 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.244 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.346 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 144 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 1.943 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 2.919 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 72 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.515 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 147 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 3.241 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 87 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.28 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 157 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 1.842 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 51 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.555 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 179 km deep · 29 km away
  21. 2.154 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 2.661 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 121 km deep · 8 km away
  23. 2.811 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 156 km deep · 54 km away
  24. 4.740 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 152 km deep · 32 km away
  25. 2.445 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 98 km deep · 35 km away
  26. 2.341 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 3.039 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 3.320 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 58 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 2.634 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 157 km deep · 65 km away

Before

  1. 1.935 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 157 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.031 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 63 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 1.945 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.118 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 113 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 1.934 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.934 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.357 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3743 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.637 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3743 days ago · 71 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 1.525 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3746 days ago · 79 km deep · 93 km away

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