M2.0 earthquake 85 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 85 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Sep 29, 2016, 5:31 AM AKDT (13:31 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 132 km S of Sand Point, 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
- 2016-09-29 13:31:05 UTC
- Depth
- 13.3 km (8.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.603° N, 160.882° 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: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.390 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.363 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3655 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 38 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.295 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.185 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.184 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3648 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.491 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3646 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.864 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.562 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3645 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.394 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.797 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3635 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.331 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.425 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.533 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 44 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.770 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.113 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.113 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.946 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.686 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.367 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3622 days ago · 32 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.063 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 60 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.4113 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3617 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.479 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3614 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.582 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 3613 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.382 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3612 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.2132 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.7133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3610 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.245 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 91 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.056 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.085 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.278 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.459 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3603 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.9140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.252 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 60 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.4113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 31 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.692 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.890 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3601 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.253 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.187 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
Before
- 2.149 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.965 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.060 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3659 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.053 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.320 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3662 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 3665 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.039 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 58 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.6110 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.4101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3669 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.262 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.993 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.175 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3672 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.082 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.341 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3678 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.445 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 98 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.7104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.1101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.659 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3684 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.154 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away
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