Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 57 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 57 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Feb 8, 2017, 5:56 AM AKST (14:56 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 16 km SSW of Sand Point, 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
2017-02-08 14:56:23 UTC
Depth
18.1 km (11.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.831° N, 160.693° 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: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.296 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.276 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3520 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 3.725 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 2.221 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 3.756 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 3.025 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 2.927 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3518 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 3.816 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 1.973 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.287 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.494 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.827 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 2.665 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 2.483 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 2.372 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.065 km S of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.940 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3510 days ago · 54 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 3.711 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 97 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 2.317 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  22. 1.912 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 63 km deep · 46 km away
  23. 3.017 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  24. 2.215 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  25. 1.815 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3507 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  26. 2.016 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3505 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  27. 2.342 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3504 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3502 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  29. 2.155 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 81 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 2.462 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 2.339 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 2.046 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 2.144 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3498 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
  34. 1.964 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away
  35. 2.3103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 2.132 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3493 days ago · 88 km deep · 75 km away
  37. 2.294 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3492 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 2.179 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  39. 2.285 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3490 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 2.887 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3489 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  41. 2.391 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 3.860 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3488 days ago · 29 km deep · 30 km away
  43. 2.1112 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3486 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 2.142 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3486 days ago · 77 km deep · 66 km away
  45. 2.078 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3485 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  46. 2.464 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 2.198 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3483 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  48. 3.045 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3481 days ago · 54 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3480 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
  50. 2.298 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3479 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 2.483 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3478 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  52. 2.493 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3477 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  53. 1.932 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 2.569 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3475 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  55. 3.761 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 39 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 3.698 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3474 days ago · 31 km deep · 42 km away
  57. 2.333 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 70 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 2.825 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 75 km deep · 50 km away
  59. 2.574 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  60. 2.380 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3466 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 66.

Before

  1. 2.08 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 50 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.852 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.9100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 2.090 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.093 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.887 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 27 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.362 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 2.3116 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.488 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.493 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.156 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.153 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 67 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 3.648 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3534 days ago · 68 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 3.459 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 92 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 3.379 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 2.446 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.25 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 67 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 2.567 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 2.155 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3545 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.568 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away

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