M2.0 earthquake 64 km S of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 64 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Jun 21, 2016, 10:46 AM AKDT (18:46 UTC), 25 km (16 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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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
- 2016-06-21 18:46:53 UTC
- Depth
- 25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.753° N, 160.533° 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
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.863 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 64 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.356 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3751 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.967 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.356 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3750 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.631 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3749 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.373 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3748 days ago · 52 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.525 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3747 days ago · 79 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3745 days ago · 44 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.1100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3745 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.357 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3744 days ago · 81 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3742 days ago · 48 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.295 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3741 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.961 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3741 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.262 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3740 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.4120 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3739 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.7103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3739 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.994 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3739 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.396 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.7116 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3735 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.980 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3734 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.438 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 58 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.069 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.660 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.079 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.283 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.753 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.299 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.289 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.288 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.934 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.875 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.478 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.945 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.669 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.486 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.2124 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.673 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.864 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 48 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.7123 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.847 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 74 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 32 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.195 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.282 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 54 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.047 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 76 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.379 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.163 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 61 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.1112 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.938 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 62 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.270 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.8107 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.353 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.333 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 52 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.253 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
The first 60 of 64.
Before
- 2.837 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 99 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.363 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3759 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.171 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3762 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.594 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3763 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.591 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3763 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.586 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3764 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.990 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 34 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.183 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3765 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.795 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.188 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3768 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.060 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3769 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.2100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3771 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.297 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3775 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.265 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.925 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3776 days ago · 86 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.128 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3777 days ago · 79 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.267 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3782 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.736 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 64 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2Alaska Peninsula · 3785 days ago · 111 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.225 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3785 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away
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