Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 93 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 93 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Aug 29, 2017, 3:41 AM AKDT (11:41 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-08-29 11:41:09 UTC
Depth
25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.428° N, 161.356° 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: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.396 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3321 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 1.845 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 61 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 2.096 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 3.171 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.295 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 2.186 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3316 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.080 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3315 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 1.957 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 32 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.948 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 71 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 3.062 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3311 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.897 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 3.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 2.044 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.049 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 3.764 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.4101 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 2.393 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  21. 2.265 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3302 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 2.460 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3301 days ago · 42 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 2.084 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  24. 2.149 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 3.055 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 86 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 2.5108 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
  27. 4.281 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3289 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.792 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3288 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 2.489 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3287 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 2.561 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
  31. 3.799 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 43 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 3.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3279 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
  33. 1.757 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 19 km deep · 5 km away
  35. 2.5126 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3275 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away
  36. 3.275 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
  37. 2.877 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
  38. 3.068 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3271 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  39. 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  40. 2.441 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 86 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 2.144 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
  42. 2.357 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
  43. 2.464 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 82 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 2.597 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3267 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 2.282 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  47. 2.591 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
  48. 3.163 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
  49. 2.699 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away

Before

  1. 1.950 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.372 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 3.585 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.041 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3326 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 3.265 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3327 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 2.428 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 81 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.349 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 86 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 3329 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 2.345 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 89 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.338 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 79 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.470 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 2.039 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.051 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3337 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 2.755 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 2.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 2.266 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.635 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 2.1101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away

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