M2.1 earthquake 50 km NE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 50 km NE of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 11:15 PM AKDT (07:15 UTC), 109 km (67 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 37 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-21 07:15:12 UTC
- Depth
- 108.5 km (67.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 55.404° N, 161.797° 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
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.840 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 3118 days ago · 145 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.757 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.163 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3117 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.023 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3116 days ago · 85 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.657 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 3113 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.357 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3112 days ago · 79 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.862 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3110 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.915 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3108 days ago · 118 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.222 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 56 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.048 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3107 days ago · 110 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.169 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 72 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.050 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3106 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.255 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 118 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.754 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 62 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.626 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.671 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3104 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.815 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 144 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.965 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3102 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.868 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3101 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.767 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.033 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3100 days ago · 85 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.131 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 102 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.251 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3095 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.834 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3093 days ago · 220 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.681 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3090 days ago · 31 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.547 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3081 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.369 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3079 days ago · 44 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.637 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3075 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.963 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3073 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.751 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3070 days ago · 72 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.753 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3060 days ago · 82 km deep · 30 km away
Before
- 2.844 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3120 days ago · 175 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.824 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3123 days ago · 184 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.238 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3124 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.385 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3125 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.342 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 93 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.758 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 69 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.65 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3127 days ago · 69 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.078 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3129 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.080 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.940 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 56 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.957 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3135 days ago · 53 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.649 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3143 days ago · 191 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.937 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3145 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.258 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.943 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3146 days ago · 74 km deep · 58 km away
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