Alaska earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 33 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 33 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 5:56 PM AKDT (01:56 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 95 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-08-13 01:56:22 UTC
Depth
52.2 km (32.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.046° N, 160.642° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 50 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.253 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.381 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 2.238 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 64 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 3.772 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.346 km ESE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 144 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.943 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 64 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.919 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 72 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 3.241 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 87 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.044 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 2.361 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 1.663 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 1.842 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.073 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.970 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3688 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.154 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 50 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.661 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 121 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.659 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 2.1101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.7104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3682 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 2.445 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 98 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 2.341 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3680 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 2.082 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 2.268 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 2.698 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3677 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 2.175 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3674 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 2.993 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 3.262 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
  29. 3.4101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 2.584 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 1.874 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 2.6110 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 3.039 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 58 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 3.320 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3664 days ago · 58 km deep · 16 km away
  35. 2.053 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  36. 2.634 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 157 km deep · 87 km away
  37. 3.060 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  38. 1.965 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  39. 2.149 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 2.085 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  41. 2.390 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3658 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 2.363 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
  43. 3.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3654 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 4.295 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away
  45. 3.185 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 2.943 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 121 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 2.184 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3650 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  48. 2.491 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  49. 1.864 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  50. 2.562 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 29 km deep · 32 km away

Before

  1. 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.353 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 1.8107 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 27 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.270 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 1.938 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 62 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.163 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 2.379 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3711 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.841 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 71 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 2.047 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 76 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 54 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.282 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.195 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 32 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 1.847 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 74 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.7123 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.941 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 90 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 2.456 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 114 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 1.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 2.144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 48 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 1.864 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away

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