Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 66 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 66 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Sat, Dec 9, 2017, 3:32 PM AKST (00:32 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 41 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-12-10 00:32:58 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.544° N, 161.813° 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
13

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 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.351 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 24 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 1.863 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 3.499 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 2.276 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 3.591 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 3.580 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 3.579 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 3.832 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3205 days ago · 87 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 3.429 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.495 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3198 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 3.4128 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.921 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 156 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3194 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 2.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 2.834 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3191 days ago · 96 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 1.952 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3190 days ago · 56 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 2.559 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 74 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.499 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.494 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  21. 2.647 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3188 days ago · 56 km deep · 26 km away
  22. 3.640 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3186 days ago · 80 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 2.167 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3185 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  24. 2.548 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3184 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 3.586 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 28 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 2.411 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 3183 days ago · 111 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 2.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 25 km deep · 39 km away
  28. 2.055 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3182 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 2.794 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  30. 2.262 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3181 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  31. 3.1104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3180 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  32. 2.822 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 108 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 2.048 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  34. 2.987 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3179 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  35. 3.487 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 57 km deep · 23 km away
  36. 2.489 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  37. 3.233 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 152 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 3.133 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3178 days ago · 65 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 2.686 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3177 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  40. 3.594 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3176 days ago · 48 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 2.178 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
  42. 2.361 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3173 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  43. 2.161 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  44. 3.130 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3171 days ago · 98 km deep · 82 km away
  45. 4.241 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3169 days ago · 85 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 3.197 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3166 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  47. 2.955 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
  48. 2.938 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3165 days ago · 67 km deep · 30 km away
  49. 3.299 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3164 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 2.243 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 56 km deep · 23 km away
  51. 2.178 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  52. 2.130 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 77 km deep · 93 km away
  53. 2.294 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  54. 2.395 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3160 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away

Before

  1. 1.965 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3220 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 2.272 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 3.795 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 3.6119 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 3.180 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3227 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 2.270 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 2.562 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 41 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 4.097 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3232 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 3.150 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3235 days ago · 73 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 2.666 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3235 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 3.290 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 2.987 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3240 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 2.057 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.373 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 2.5100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 3.597 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 2.183 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3245 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 2.4114 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 3.125 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.620 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3248 days ago · 100 km deep · 65 km away

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