Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 63 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 63 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Wed, Jul 12, 2017, 2:56 PM AKDT (22:56 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 103 km ESE of Sand Point, 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
2017-07-12 22:56:50 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.769° N, 160.471° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 74 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.783 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3368 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 1.766 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.070 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 2.341 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.167 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3362 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.1101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3360 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 1.764 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 1.663 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 3.129 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3357 days ago · 69 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 3.683 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.040 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3356 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 3.072 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 1.834 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3355 days ago · 70 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 2.595 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3354 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.162 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 4.3103 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3353 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 2.185 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3352 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.045 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3351 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3350 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
  21. 2.745 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 51 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 2.973 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3348 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 2.384 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 3.572 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
  25. 2.713 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3347 days ago · 83 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 3.376 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  27. 3.089 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3346 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 2.278 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 51 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 3.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3345 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  30. 1.897 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3342 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 1.865 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  32. 2.178 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 42 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 1.998 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3341 days ago · 31 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 2.864 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 65 km deep · 60 km away
  35. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3340 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 2.0109 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 3.997 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 2.094 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  39. 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 2.289 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3340 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 1.861 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3339 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  42. 2.1101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  43. 1.635 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3338 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 2.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3336 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  45. 2.755 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 2.1106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  47. 2.342 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 1.840 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 1.941 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 2.051 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 37 km deep · 15 km away
  51. 2.039 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3333 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 1.926 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away
  54. 2.470 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  55. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 3326 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 3.265 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
  57. 2.041 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  58. 3.585 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  59. 2.372 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  60. 1.923 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 90 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 74.

Before

  1. 2.352 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 61 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.969 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.635 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 64 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 3.456 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 75 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.922 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 52 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 2.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 2.131 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3373 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.948 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 94 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 1.650 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3378 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.943 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 87 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 3.563 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 1.98 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3381 days ago · 55 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.978 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 1.963 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.870 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.092 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.669 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.647 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 74 km deep · 87 km away

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