Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 88 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 88 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Aug 5, 2018, 3:19 AM AKDT (11:19 UTC), 33 km (21 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
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-08-05 11:19:32 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.539° N, 160.415° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 75 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.099 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.994 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2978 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 1.948 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2977 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.087 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2976 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 3.286 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 1.894 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.4143 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2973 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.582 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.864 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.496 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.399 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 2.3106 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 40 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 1.974 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 1.946 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 65 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.948 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 3.463 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2967 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.9109 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 2.3109 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 2.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2962 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 2.427 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2961 days ago · 62 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 2.091 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2960 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  22. 2.164 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2959 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 3.268 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2957 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 2.363 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 2.459 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 2.195 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  27. 2.994 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 1.899 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 1.592 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  30. 2.6102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 2.6104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 1.774 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 1.796 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 1.943 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2949 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 1.854 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 43 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 1.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
  37. 1.754 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
  38. 2.561 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 1.982 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  40. 2.3100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 1.963 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
  42. 1.578 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 2.2142 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 1.796 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  45. 1.888 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  46. 1.566 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
  47. 1.584 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  48. 1.755 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
  49. 2.188 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 2.317 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 70 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 2.26 km NNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 76 km deep · 95 km away
  52. 2.894 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  53. 1.874 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  54. 3.5114 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  55. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2936 days ago · 40 km deep · 71 km away
  56. 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  57. 1.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
  58. 1.8105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
  59. 2.042 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2934 days ago · 64 km deep · 92 km away
  60. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2933 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of 75.

Before

  1. 2.170 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2979 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 2.899 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2980 days ago · 41 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.3111 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 2.157 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.021 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 50 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 2.149 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2981 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.4122 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2982 days ago · 37 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 2.6south of Alaska · 2985 days ago · 47 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 3.991 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 2.065 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2986 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 2.190 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.1101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 1.775 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2987 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 1.774 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 2.096 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 2.3119 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 57 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 2.0148 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 39 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.298 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2989 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 3.2101 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 3.174 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2990 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away

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