Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 114 km S of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 114 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Dec 5, 2019, 11:19 PM AKST (08:19 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 87 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-06 08:19:39 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.317° N, 160.722° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.479 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.574 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.942 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.083 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.9142 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.757 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.948 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.633 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 52 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.6113 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 1.984 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 1.856 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.937 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 3.684 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 2.2100 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 2.076 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.183 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 3.3103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 3.1119 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 2.459 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 2.062 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  21. 2.767 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 2.289 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 2.885 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  24. 3.0south of Alaska · 2473 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 4.187 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
  26. 2.182 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2471 days ago · 47 km deep · 51 km away
  27. 3.0130 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2470 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  28. 2.681 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 2.379 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 2.5102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 1.990 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  33. 2.190 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 2.6108 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 3.493 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 1.868 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  37. 2.1104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  38. 3.186 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
  39. 2.089 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  40. 2.6106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  41. 2.8100 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
  42. 1.787 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  43. 1.969 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  44. 2.087 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 2.387 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 2.740 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 65 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 1.864 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 3.094 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 1.890 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  50. 2.180 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
  51. 1.777 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 30 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 2.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
  53. 2.191 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
  54. 1.862 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 1.859 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 2.963 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
  57. 2.959 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 29 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 1.678 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  59. 3.483 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 48 km deep · 51 km away
  60. 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2444 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away

The first 60 of 76.

Before

  1. 2.988 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 1.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.771 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 73 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.695 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 2.8211 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 2.6101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.893 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 2.985 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 1.681 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 48 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 3.1206 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2509 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 3.259 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.954 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.052 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 3.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2510 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 2.884 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.959 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 3.9198 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away

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