M2.1 earthquake 53 km E of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 53 km E of King Cove, Alaska on Wed, Feb 1, 2017, 3:06 AM AKST (12:06 UTC), 67 km (41 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 16 km SSW 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-01 12:06:42 UTC
- Depth
- 66.6 km (41.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.012° N, 161.480° 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
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.493 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.488 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 3529 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.3116 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.362 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.428 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 116 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.093 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.735 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.9100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.852 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.08 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.257 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.296 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.276 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3521 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.725 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.221 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.756 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.025 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.927 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.816 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.0Alaska Peninsula · 3516 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.973 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.287 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3515 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.494 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.827 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.665 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.483 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.372 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 54 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.711 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 97 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.317 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.912 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 63 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.017 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.215 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.815 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.016 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.449 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3504 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.155 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 81 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.462 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.339 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 67 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.046 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.986 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.144 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3498 days ago · 52 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.964 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3498 days ago · 57 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.3103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3498 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.132 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 88 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.162 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3494 days ago · 75 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.179 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.285 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3491 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.887 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.391 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.860 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.147 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 121 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1112 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.142 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 77 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.250 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3487 days ago · 151 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.198 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3484 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.045 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3482 days ago · 54 km deep · 55 km away
The first 60 of 69.
Before
- 3.648 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 68 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.447 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.053 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 81 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.459 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 92 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.810 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 114 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.413 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 115 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.729 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 87 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.446 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.25 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 67 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.567 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.719 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.920 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.568 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.58 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.381 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.977 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.966 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.913 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 99 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.958 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
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