Alaska earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 35 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 35 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska on Thu, Jun 18, 2020, 12:07 AM AKDT (08:07 UTC), 187 km (116 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-06-18 08:07:23 UTC
Depth
186.5 km (115.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.217° N, 163.280° 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
3.5mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.128 · 15 stations
2.8ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 9.8 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
130°
Stations used
53

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.220 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2292 days ago · 187 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 1.951 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2290 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.840 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.046 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 75 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.934 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.931 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 1.759 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.020 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2278 days ago · 155 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 1.757 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2277 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.721 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 1.652 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 1.59 km E of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2271 days ago · 92 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 1.749 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.552 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.720 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 138 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 1.817 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 2.143 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 160 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.759 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.737 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 1.535 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 3.446 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 85 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 1.925 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 1.518 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 39 km deep · 33 km away
  25. 2.036 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 174 km deep · 28 km away
  26. 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 105 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 1.821 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 112 km deep · 63 km away
  28. 2.9106 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 1.958 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 79 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 2.364 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 190 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 1.731 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 86 km deep · 69 km away
  32. 1.833 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 1.871 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 1.822 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away

Before

  1. 1.727 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.523 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2300 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.736 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2301 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2305 days ago · 51 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 2.930 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2305 days ago · 156 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 1.836 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2309 days ago · 158 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.846 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 73 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 3.541 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2314 days ago · 160 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2316 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.016 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2320 days ago · 118 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 1.858 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2321 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.968 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2322 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.241 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2324 days ago · 79 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.849 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2327 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away

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