M2.0 earthquake 60 km S of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 60 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Jun 9, 2016, 1:18 PM AKDT (21:18 UTC), 33 km (21 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-06-09 21:18:00 UTC
- Depth
- 33.1 km (20.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.794° N, 160.475° 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
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.188 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.795 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3767 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.183 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.990 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.586 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3763 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.591 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.594 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.171 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3761 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.363 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.837 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3758 days ago · 99 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.064 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3756 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.863 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.356 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.967 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.356 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 64 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.631 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3748 days ago · 70 km deep · 92 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.373 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3747 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.525 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3746 days ago · 79 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.540 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 73 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3744 days ago · 44 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.1100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3744 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3744 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.357 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3743 days ago · 81 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3741 days ago · 48 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.295 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.961 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 26 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.262 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3739 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.4120 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.7103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.994 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.396 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.7116 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3734 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.980 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.438 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3732 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.069 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3732 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.660 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3732 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.079 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.283 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.753 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.299 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.289 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.288 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.934 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3725 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.875 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.478 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.945 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.669 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.486 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.2124 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.673 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 48 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.7123 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.847 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 74 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.195 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.282 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 54 km deep · 79 km away
The first 60 of 63.
Before
- 2.2100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3770 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.297 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3774 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.265 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.925 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 86 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.128 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 79 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.267 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3781 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.736 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3784 days ago · 64 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.2Alaska Peninsula · 3784 days ago · 111 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.225 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3784 days ago · 59 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.2102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3786 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.152 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.189 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3787 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.066 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3788 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.851 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.989 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3791 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.982 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.772 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3794 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.348 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3796 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 3796 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
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