Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Mon, Sep 23, 2019, 8:12 PM AKDT (04:12 UTC), 79 km (49 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
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-09-24 04:12:36 UTC
Depth
78.6 km (48.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
54.770° N, 162.010° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 50 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.081 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2563 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 3.9110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2562 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 3.618 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2561 days ago · 102 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 3.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2560 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 3.049 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2557 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 1.845 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2556 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 1.882 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 2.181 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2554 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.167 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2553 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 1.872 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.579 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 1.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 3.336 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.856 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 71 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 2.560 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 73 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 2.760 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2547 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 3.0103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 2.187 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 1.780 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 2.184 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 1.920 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 80 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 1.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  24. 2.075 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  25. 2.711 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2541 days ago · 118 km deep · 71 km away
  26. 1.757 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
  27. 1.837 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 106 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 2.883 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 1.885 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2538 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 1.852 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 46 km deep · 19 km away
  31. 1.764 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 55 km deep · 39 km away
  32. 2.493 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 4.3102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.048 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 84 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 2.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  36. 2.235 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 48 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 1.953 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 49 km deep · 67 km away
  38. 1.7100 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 1.642 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 65 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 2.151 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 59 km deep · 26 km away
  41. 2.966 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 2.549 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 71 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 1.959 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 2.884 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 2.625 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
  47. 1.954 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  48. 3.259 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  49. 2.654 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 153 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 1.681 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 48 km deep · 59 km away

Before

  1. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2568 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.381 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2569 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.851 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.158 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 65 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 1.761 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2574 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 3.282 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2576 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 3.792 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 2.054 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2581 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 1.926 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 81 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 3.283 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2590 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.556 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.750 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 118 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.87 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2591 days ago · 90 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 1.881 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2593 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.860 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 116 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.987 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2595 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away

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