Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 66 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 66 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska on Thu, May 4, 2017, 8:41 AM AKDT (16:41 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 63 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-05-04 16:41:25 UTC
Depth
46.3 km (28.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.875° N, 161.327° 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: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.433 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 101 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.824 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 72 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.836 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 83 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 1.860 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 2.118 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 142 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.357 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 2.322 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 103 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 2.048 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.562 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 177 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.960 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3432 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 2.658 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3429 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.862 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 2.249 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.241 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.746 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 1.73 km W of King Cove, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 118 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 1.972 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 1.852 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 54 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 2.290 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 2.3109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 1.667 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
  23. 2.253 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
  24. 1.522 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 59 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 2.195 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 1.731 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 1.762 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 79 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 2.167 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 43 km deep · 10 km away
  29. 2.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
  30. 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  31. 2.675 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 2.5112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3407 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 2.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 3404 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 2.259 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 65 km deep · 22 km away
  36. 1.938 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 92 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 2.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  38. 1.9105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  39. 2.361 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 1.731 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 1.533 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  42. 2.899 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  43. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  44. 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 3395 days ago · 79 km deep · 37 km away
  45. 3.010 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 71 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 1.783 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 25 km deep · 55 km away
  48. 2.5124 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 56 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 2.647 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 74 km deep · 35 km away
  51. 1.669 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  52. 2.092 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  53. 1.870 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 1.963 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 2.240 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 83 km deep · 69 km away
  56. 1.978 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  57. 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  58. 1.98 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 55 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 3.563 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  60. 1.943 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 87 km deep · 80 km away

The first 60 of 62.

Before

  1. 2.533 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3439 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 1.955 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 1.653 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 39 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 1.955 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 63 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 1.992 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 2.2126 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 3.299 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 32 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.833 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 3447 days ago · 50 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 2.041 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 149 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 1.740 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 102 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 4.547 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 105 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 2.116 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.438 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 123 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 2.063 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3448 days ago · 45 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 1.851 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 68 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 2.997 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.429 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 145 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 3.126 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3452 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away

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