M2.0 earthquake 94 km SE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 94 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Thu, Aug 10, 2017, 6:03 AM AKDT (14:03 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 81 km SE 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
- 2017-08-10 14:03:08 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.364° N, 161.486° 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
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 54 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.289 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.861 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.1101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.635 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.266 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.755 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.051 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.039 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 20 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.470 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.338 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 79 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.345 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 89 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 3327 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.349 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 86 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.428 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 81 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.147 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.265 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.041 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.585 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.950 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 66 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.396 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.845 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.096 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.171 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.295 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.186 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.080 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.957 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3310 days ago · 32 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.948 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 71 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.062 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.897 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 32 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.044 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.049 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.764 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 64 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.4101 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.393 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.265 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.460 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 42 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.084 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.149 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 50 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.055 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 86 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5108 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.281 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 2.792 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.960 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3286 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.489 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.561 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 3.997 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.0109 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3340 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.864 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.998 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 31 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.865 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.897 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.753 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3344 days ago · 81 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.278 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 51 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.281 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.089 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.376 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.572 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.384 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.973 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.745 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 51 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.045 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 65 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.162 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
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