Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 117 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 117 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Mon, May 13, 2019, 2:46 AM AKDT (10:46 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 98 km SSE of False Pass, 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
2019-05-13 10:46:13 UTC
Depth
24.5 km (15.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.151° N, 161.406° 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

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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.2105 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 67 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 2.4155 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 1.8100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 2.0143 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 48 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 1.576 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2695 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 1.881 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.890 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 32 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 2.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2694 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.957 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 79 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 2.195 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2693 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 1.894 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.037 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2692 days ago · 92 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 1.873 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2691 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 1.976 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.161 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2688 days ago · 62 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.173 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 3.057 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2687 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.445 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2686 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 2.164 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2685 days ago · 60 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 2.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 1.983 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 2.4152 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2684 days ago · 39 km deep · 79 km away
  25. 2.694 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
  26. 2.8100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2683 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
  27. 2.759 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2682 days ago · 71 km deep · 100 km away
  28. 2.4137 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2681 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 2.9131 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 2.072 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2679 days ago · 56 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 2.0104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2678 days ago · 46 km deep · 14 km away
  32. 2.655 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2677 days ago · 75 km deep · 64 km away
  33. 2.3129 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2677 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  34. 2.446 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2676 days ago · 88 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 2.556 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2675 days ago · 71 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 2.196 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2674 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
  37. 1.881 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 2.790 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2673 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
  39. 2.192 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2672 days ago · 51 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 2.2103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2671 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
  41. 2.291 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2671 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
  42. 2.6108 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2669 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
  43. 1.751 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2668 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 1.882 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2668 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  45. 2.258 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2667 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 2.1106 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2663 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  47. 2.2140 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2662 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 1.9105 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2661 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 2.195 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2658 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  50. 2.1126 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2658 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  51. 2.1111 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2657 days ago · 46 km deep · 8 km away
  52. 2.0131 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2657 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
  53. 1.558 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2657 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 2.182 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  55. 2.085 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2656 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  56. 3.094 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2655 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
  57. 1.8102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2651 days ago · 43 km deep · 14 km away
  58. 2.393 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 40 km deep · 24 km away
  59. 2.350 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 2.381 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2648 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 69.

Before

  1. 3.056 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.296 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 39 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 2.258 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2701 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.4163 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 1.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2702 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 2.7100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2703 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 3.0Alaska Peninsula · 2704 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 2.989 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2705 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 2.059 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2706 days ago · 42 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.168 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2707 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.927 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 94 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.757 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2709 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.162 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2711 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 2.5115 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 50 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 3.137 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2712 days ago · 100 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 3.6102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 2.744 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 91 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.4116 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2713 days ago · 50 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2715 days ago · 36 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 2.177 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2715 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak019644pdp2 (also filed as aacse019644pdp2). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:46 AM UTC.