Alaska earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 96 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 96 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 10:17 AM AKDT (18:17 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 114 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2018-08-14 18:17:04 UTC
Depth
9.3 km (5.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.351° N, 161.460° 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
2.4ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.4ML, 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 65 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.399 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 2.3106 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 40 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 1.946 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 65 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 2.3109 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 2.099 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2965 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.091 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2957 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 2.459 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2955 days ago · 63 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.195 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.994 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 1.899 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 1.592 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.6102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 2.6104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 1.796 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 1.943 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 55 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 1.854 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 43 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 1.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.754 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.982 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 2.3100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
  22. 1.754 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 2.052 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 49 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 1.578 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  25. 1.743 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  26. 2.733 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 78 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 2.184 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  28. 2.2142 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 1.796 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 1.888 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  31. 1.9105 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 1.566 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 1.584 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 2.7130 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 2.188 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
  36. 1.851 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  37. 2.894 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  38. 1.874 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 3.5114 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2939 days ago · 40 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  42. 1.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  43. 1.8105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
  44. 2.042 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2936 days ago · 21 km deep · 2 km away
  46. 2.3117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
  47. 1.741 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2933 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  48. 2.763 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 95 km deep · 79 km away
  49. 2.886 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
  50. 1.543 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 1.898 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 2.079 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  53. 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  54. 2.085 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 1.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 2.691 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
  57. 2.396 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  58. 3.0119 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 2.6101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2926 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
  60. 2.190 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of 65.

Before

  1. 2.864 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 2.582 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.894 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 3.286 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 2977 days ago · 77 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.954 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 2.087 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 1.948 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.994 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 3.099 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 22 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 2.188 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.170 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 2.899 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 41 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 2.3111 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 2.157 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2984 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.4122 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2985 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 2.065 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 2.190 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 2.1101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 1.775 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away

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