Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Wed, Sep 19, 2018, 3:22 AM AKDT (11:22 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 89 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-09-19 11:22:49 UTC
Depth
21.2 km (13.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.332° N, 161.461° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.1ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.1ML, local (Richter)AACSEPreliminary

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
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.3117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 1.741 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.763 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 95 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.886 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 1.543 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.898 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 2.079 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 2.085 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 39 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.691 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 2.396 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 3.0119 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2927 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.6101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 2.190 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 1.973 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 2.8102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 2.492 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 2.323 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 99 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2911 days ago · 98 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.155 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2911 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 2.874 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 57 km deep · 55 km away
  23. 2.394 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2909 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  24. 2.393 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 23 km deep · 8 km away
  25. 3.465 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2908 days ago · 49 km deep · 35 km away
  26. 2.696 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 2.9106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  28. 2.7166 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 2.395 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 3.659 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2901 days ago · 88 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 3.382 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2899 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
  32. 2.678 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  33. 2.5107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  34. 2.493 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 2.580 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2897 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
  36. 2.8125 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 3.297 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away
  38. 2.080 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2894 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  39. 3.067 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
  40. 2.588 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  41. 2.651 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2889 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
  42. 1.977 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  43. 2.1105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2888 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
  44. 2.069 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  45. 2.141 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2886 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 3.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
  47. 3.6107 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 42 km deep · 14 km away
  48. 2.391 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  49. 2.298 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2884 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  50. 3.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 3.2156 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2880 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 2.396 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  53. 2.059 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
  54. 4.189 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
  55. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 2878 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
  56. 2.664 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 82 km deep · 57 km away
  57. 1.882 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away
  58. 2.094 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
  59. 2.5105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  60. 2.074 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of 61.

Before

  1. 2.042 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 64 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.8105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 1.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2938 days ago · 40 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 3.5114 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 1.874 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.894 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 1.851 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 2.188 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 2.7130 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 1.584 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 1.566 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.9105 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.888 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 1.796 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 2.2142 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 43 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 2.184 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.733 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 78 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.743 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away

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