Alaska earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Thu, Nov 15, 2018, 9:42 PM AKST (06:42 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 87 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
AACSE
Local time
UTC
2018-11-16 06:42:41 UTC
Depth
33.7 km (20.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.509° N, 160.833° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.664 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 82 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 1.882 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2879 days ago · 32 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 2.094 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 2.074 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.9109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 2.372 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 4.7108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 1.853 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 2.895 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.838 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2869 days ago · 64 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 2.161 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 37 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 3.7121 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2863 days ago · 32 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 3.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 3.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 3.3122 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 2.675 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 2.312 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 48 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 2.7124 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 2.383 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 2.6109 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 2.929 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 79 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 2.538 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2856 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 3.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  25. 2.6104 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 2.6103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 2.371 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 2.255 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 2.593 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
  30. 3.053 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 2.5110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 2.481 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  33. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2841 days ago · 29 km deep · 16 km away
  34. 2.6141 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 62 km deep · 58 km away
  35. 2.798 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 55 km deep · 31 km away
  36. 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
  37. 2.1103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  38. 2.4101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  39. 2.555 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 6.087 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 22 · tsunami flag
  41. 2.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 29 km deep · 44 km away
  42. 2.896 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 2.997 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  44. 2.575 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
  45. 2.488 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  46. 2.371 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 3.199 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 2.888 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 3.162 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
  50. 2.487 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
  51. 3.0124 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  52. 3.787 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 31 km deep · 58 km away
  53. 2.679 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 2.665 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 87 km deep · 49 km away
  55. 2.9134 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
  56. 2.077 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
  57. 3.587 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  58. 1.852 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  59. 1.854 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  60. 2.191 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of 77.

Before

  1. 4.189 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 2.059 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.920 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2881 days ago · 54 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 3.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 2.298 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 2.391 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 3.6107 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.3109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 3.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.141 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 58 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 3.535 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 2.069 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 2.1105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2891 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 2.588 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 3.067 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 2.080 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 3.297 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 2.8125 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.580 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 72 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 2.493 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 45 km deep · 22 km away

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