Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 45 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 45 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska on Thu, Aug 1, 2019, 7:41 AM AKDT (15:41 UTC), 152 km (95 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 47 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, 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
2019-08-01 15:41:49 UTC
Depth
152.1 km (94.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.533° N, 162.348° 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
2.2ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
2.2ML, local (Richter)AACSEPreliminary

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 2618 days ago · 66 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 3.224 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 172 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 3.547 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2616 days ago · 172 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 3.151 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 166 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 3.060 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2615 days ago · 156 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 2.240 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2612 days ago · 106 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 2.729 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 172 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.029 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2611 days ago · 140 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.063 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 207 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 1.6Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 166 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 2.755 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2609 days ago · 76 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.251 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2608 days ago · 166 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 2.039 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 87 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.147 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2604 days ago · 82 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.632 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 155 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.724 km NW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 198 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.835 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2603 days ago · 71 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.234 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 68 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.141 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2602 days ago · 169 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 3.258 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2599 days ago · 163 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 1.860 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2594 days ago · 116 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 2.119 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 175 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 1.87 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 90 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 1.750 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2592 days ago · 118 km deep · 45 km away
  25. 1.926 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2589 days ago · 81 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 2.158 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2573 days ago · 65 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 2.841 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2572 days ago · 165 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2565 days ago · 79 km deep · 88 km away

Before

  1. 2.213 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2619 days ago · 132 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.231 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2622 days ago · 98 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 3.110 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2624 days ago · 132 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 2.052 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2625 days ago · 101 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 3.424 km NW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2625 days ago · 205 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 3.137 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2628 days ago · 157 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 2.118 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2629 days ago · 162 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.735 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2630 days ago · 74 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.029 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2630 days ago · 99 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 2.130 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2634 days ago · 85 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 3.514 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2634 days ago · 166 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.736 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2634 days ago · 99 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.943 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2635 days ago · 170 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 2.227 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 2643 days ago · 88 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 1.738 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2644 days ago · 131 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 1.946 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2644 days ago · 98 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.322 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2646 days ago · 154 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.844 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2646 days ago · 69 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 3.054 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2647 days ago · 74 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.731 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 116 km deep · 53 km away

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