Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 97 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 97 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Jun 3, 2016, 4:28 PM AKDT (00:28 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 31 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-06-04 00:28:32 UTC
Depth
10.5 km (6.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.472° N, 160.750° 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: 54 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.2100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.060 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.188 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 19 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.795 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 2.183 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.990 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.586 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3763 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 2.591 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 2.594 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 3.171 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 3.363 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 2.064 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 1.863 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 64 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 2.356 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 1.967 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 2.356 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 64 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 4.631 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3748 days ago · 70 km deep · 89 km away · tsunami flag
  18. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3744 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.1100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3744 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3744 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 1.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3744 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 1.637 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3743 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 2.357 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3743 days ago · 81 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 1.829 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3741 days ago · 48 km deep · 73 km away
  25. 2.295 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 1.961 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  27. 2.262 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3739 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  28. 2.4120 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  29. 2.7103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  30. 2.994 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 2.396 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 2.980 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  34. 2.069 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3732 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 2.079 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 2.283 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  37. 1.753 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 2.299 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  39. 2.289 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  40. 3.288 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  41. 1.934 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 2.875 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  43. 2.478 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 1.945 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  45. 2.669 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 2.486 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  47. 3.2124 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 32 km deep · 52 km away
  48. 2.144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 48 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 1.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
  50. 2.7123 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
  51. 1.847 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 74 km deep · 73 km away
  52. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 32 km deep · 36 km away
  53. 2.195 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 23 km deep · 2 km away
  54. 2.282 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away

Before

  1. 2.265 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.925 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 86 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.128 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 79 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.267 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 2.225 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 59 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 3.2102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 2.152 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 3.189 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 3.066 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 2.851 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.989 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.982 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 2.348 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 58 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 3796 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 2.474 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3799 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 2.194 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3800 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away

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