Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 6 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 6 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska on Wed, Jun 5, 2019, 4:07 PM AKDT (00:07 UTC), 112 km (70 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 19 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-06-06 00:07:27 UTC
Depth
111.9 km (69.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.135° N, 162.782° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.556 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2673 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.538 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2672 days ago · 168 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 1.861 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2672 days ago · 131 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.751 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2666 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.258 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2666 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.827 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2664 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 2.646 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2663 days ago · 181 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.756 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2659 days ago · 84 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.818 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 1.625 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.526 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 2.921 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2654 days ago · 125 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 3.619 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 141 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 2.316 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 112 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 1.718 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2649 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 2.823 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 118 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 2.731 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2645 days ago · 116 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 2.154 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2645 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 3.054 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2645 days ago · 74 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 1.738 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2642 days ago · 131 km deep · 51 km away
  22. 2.227 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 2641 days ago · 88 km deep · 25 km away
  23. 2.247 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2633 days ago · 66 km deep · 74 km away
  24. 2.943 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2632 days ago · 170 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 2.736 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2632 days ago · 99 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 2.130 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2631 days ago · 85 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 2.771 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2631 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 2.841 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2630 days ago · 97 km deep · 58 km away
  29. 3.069 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2628 days ago · 82 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 2.029 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2628 days ago · 99 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 3.137 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2626 days ago · 157 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 2.052 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 101 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 2.165 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 3.110 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 132 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 2.874 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2620 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 2.231 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2619 days ago · 98 km deep · 60 km away
  37. 2.213 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 132 km deep · 48 km away
  38. 2.245 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2617 days ago · 152 km deep · 52 km away
  39. 3.547 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2613 days ago · 172 km deep · 91 km away

Before

  1. 2.446 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 88 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.655 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 75 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 2.072 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2677 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 3.038 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 3.444 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 149 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 2.151 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 121 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.759 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.560 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2680 days ago · 131 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 2.164 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.627 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 149 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 3.733 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 154 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 3.057 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.738 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 145 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.631 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 176 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 2.037 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 92 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 2.858 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2690 days ago · 163 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.749 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 99 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.957 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 79 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.016 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 3.238 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 168 km deep · 45 km away

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