Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Fri, Sep 20, 2019, 11:55 PM AKDT (07:55 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 102 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
2019-09-21 07:55:54 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.331° N, 160.739° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2563 days ago · 79 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.081 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 3.9110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 3.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2558 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 3.049 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2555 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.882 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 2.181 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 2.167 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.872 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 1.579 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 1.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2550 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 1.873 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 1.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 3.0149 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 3.0144 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 3.336 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 1.856 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 71 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 2.560 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 73 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 3.0103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 2.187 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 1.780 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2544 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 2.184 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2543 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 1.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 2.075 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2542 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 1.757 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 53 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 1.885 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  28. 1.852 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 1.764 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 55 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 2.278 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2534 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 2.779 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 4.3102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2530 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  33. 2.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 2.235 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 1.953 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 1.7100 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  37. 1.642 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2523 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 2.151 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 59 km deep · 79 km away
  39. 3.9198 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 1.959 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  41. 2.884 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  43. 3.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 2.052 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 1.954 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  46. 3.259 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 3.1206 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 1.681 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 48 km deep · 47 km away

Before

  1. 2.381 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2567 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 3.149 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 2.158 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2570 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 3.282 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 2.134 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.054 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2579 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 2.075 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2582 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 3.283 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2587 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 1.556 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 2.675 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.881 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 1.987 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 1.6105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away

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