Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Fri, Sep 2, 2016, 7:01 PM AKDT (03:01 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 94 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-09-03 03:01:30 UTC
Depth
10.7 km (6.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.455° N, 160.888° 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
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.7104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 2.341 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 2.082 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.175 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 2.993 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 3.262 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 30 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 3.4101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.6110 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 3.039 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 58 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 3.3138 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3665 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 3665 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 3.320 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 58 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.053 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 3.060 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 1.965 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.085 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 2.390 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 2.363 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 45 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 3.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 4.295 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 36 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 3.185 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3651 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
  22. 2.184 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 2.491 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 1.864 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 2.562 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 4.394 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  27. 2.797 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  28. 3.331 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  29. 2.425 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 2.533 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 2.770 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 1.946 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 2.686 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 2.791 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 2.659 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.154 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 50 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 2.970 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 2.073 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 1.842 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.663 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.361 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 2.044 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 2.1112 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.5114 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.943 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 64 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.158 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 3.4126 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 3.772 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 29 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 2.238 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 2.381 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 2.253 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 47 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 2.333 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 52 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away

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