Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 95 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 95 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Tue, Sep 5, 2017, 6:46 AM AKDT (14:46 UTC), 14 km (9 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
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-09-05 14:46:41 UTC
Depth
14.3 km (8.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.525° N, 160.963° 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: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.186 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 1.958 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3313 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.080 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3312 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 1.957 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 32 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 2.948 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3309 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 3.062 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3308 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.885 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3306 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.897 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3305 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 2.170 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3304 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 3.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 32 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 2.044 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3303 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 2.049 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 67 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 3.764 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 2.4101 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 2.393 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 2.265 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.460 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 2.084 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  21. 3.767 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 3.055 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 86 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 2.5108 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 4.281 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.792 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 2.489 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
  27. 2.561 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3281 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 3.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away
  29. 1.757 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3273 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  30. 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
  31. 2.5126 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 40 km deep · 33 km away
  32. 3.275 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
  33. 2.877 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
  34. 1.754 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 3.068 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  36. 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  37. 2.144 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 2.357 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  40. 2.597 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
  41. 2.282 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 2.591 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
  43. 3.163 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 68 km deep · 50 km away
  44. 2.699 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  45. 2.3110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  46. 1.572 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 3.192 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 31 km deep · 36 km away
  48. 1.773 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away

Before

  1. 3.171 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3314 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 2.096 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 1.845 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3317 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.396 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3318 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3320 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 2.372 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3322 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 3.585 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 2.041 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3323 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 3.265 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3324 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 2.428 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3325 days ago · 81 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 3326 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 2.338 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 79 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 2.470 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3328 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3329 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.926 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3330 days ago · 75 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3331 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 2.039 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3332 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.051 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3334 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 2.1106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.755 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3335 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away

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