Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 93 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 93 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Mon, May 22, 2017, 2:10 AM AKDT (10:10 UTC), 20 km (12 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-05-22 10:10:37 UTC
Depth
20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.526° N, 161.194° 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
10

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.290 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3418 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 2.3109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 5.7178 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away · tsunami flag
  4. 2.491 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.667 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.253 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3416 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 1.522 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.195 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 1.731 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.762 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 79 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.167 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3412 days ago · 43 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 2.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 2.675 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 2.5112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3410 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 2.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3408 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 3407 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 2.259 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 65 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 1.938 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3405 days ago · 92 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 2.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  21. 1.9105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  22. 2.361 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 1.731 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 1.533 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3403 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 2.899 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 2.389 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3401 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
  28. 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 3398 days ago · 79 km deep · 77 km away
  29. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 1.783 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  31. 2.5124 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 1.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
  33. 2.647 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 74 km deep · 47 km away
  34. 1.669 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  35. 1.787 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 2.092 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3391 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  37. 1.870 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  38. 1.963 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  39. 2.240 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3390 days ago · 83 km deep · 77 km away
  40. 1.978 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  41. 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  42. 2.186 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 1.98 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 3.563 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 1.650 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 1.948 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 94 km deep · 80 km away
  47. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  48. 2.131 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3376 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 2.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3375 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
  50. 2.922 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3375 days ago · 52 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 3.456 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 75 km deep · 41 km away
  52. 1.635 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 64 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 1.969 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
  54. 1.965 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 2.063 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
  56. 1.783 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
  57. 2.070 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
  58. 2.341 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 70 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 2.167 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3369 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  60. 2.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away

The first 60 of 61.

Before

  1. 1.852 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3424 days ago · 54 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.972 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3425 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 1.73 km W of King Cove, Alaska · 3426 days ago · 118 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.746 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.585 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.241 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.249 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 1.862 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3430 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 2.658 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3431 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 1.960 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.048 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.357 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 1.860 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 1.836 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 83 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 2.433 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3440 days ago · 101 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 2.066 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.533 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.955 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3442 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 1.653 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3443 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.955 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 63 km deep · 46 km away

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