M2.0 earthquake 90 km SE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 90 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Wed, Apr 26, 2017, 6:39 AM AKDT (14:39 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 178 km SSE of King Cove, 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-26 14:39:59 UTC
- Depth
- 25.2 km (15.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.406° N, 161.492° 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: 65 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.299 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 32 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.2126 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.992 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.988 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.8101 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.955 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 63 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.653 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.955 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.533 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.066 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.836 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 83 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.860 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.357 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.048 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.658 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.862 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.249 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.683 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.241 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.585 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.746 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.73 km W of King Cove, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 118 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.972 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.891 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.852 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 54 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.8188 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.290 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.3109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.7178 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away · tsunami flag
- 2.491 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.667 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.253 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.195 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.731 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.167 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 43 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 23 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.675 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.5112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 3404 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.259 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 65 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.938 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 92 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.9105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.731 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.533 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.051 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.899 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.389 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 3395 days ago · 79 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.783 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.5124 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 56 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.647 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 74 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.669 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.787 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
The first 60 of 65.
Before
- 1.833 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.083 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.393 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 40 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 3446 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.740 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 102 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.547 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 105 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.116 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.063 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.851 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.997 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.258 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 81 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.958 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.233 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3453 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.332 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3457 days ago · 75 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.274 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3458 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.784 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3458 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.760 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.177 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3459 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.581 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.566 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3461 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
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