M2.2 earthquake 45 km W of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 45 km W of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 4:43 PM AKST (01:43 UTC), 91 km (56 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 44 km NE of Cold Bay, 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-11-17 01:43:14 UTC
- Depth
- 90.6 km (56.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 55.370° N, 161.208° 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
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.252 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3602 days ago · 60 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.890 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3600 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.253 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.187 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3599 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.759 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3593 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.944 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 160 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.014 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 3590 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.612 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3589 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.045 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3587 days ago · 66 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.443 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.738 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3586 days ago · 83 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.219 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3585 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.277 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.877 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3584 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.143 km SSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.161 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 62 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.757 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3583 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.524 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3578 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.529 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.149 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3577 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.689 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3574 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3572 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.632 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 153 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.149 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 56 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.122 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 95 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.431 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.032 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 89 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.22 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 188 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.047 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.646 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.447 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.250 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.950 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.750 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.649 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.648 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.389 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.470 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 46 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.662 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.350 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.148 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.711 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 71 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.623 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.966 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.977 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 3.036 km NW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3607 days ago · 219 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.829 km SW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3608 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.955 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3609 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.311 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3611 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 3613 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.479 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3613 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.063 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3619 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.032 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3621 days ago · 83 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.112 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3625 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.112 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3627 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.528 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 176 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.113 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.113 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3628 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.416 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.144 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.533 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3631 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.425 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.331 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3633 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.523 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 106 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.733 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3637 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
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