Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 20 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 20 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska on Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 4:40 AM AKDT (12:40 UTC), 187 km (116 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 46 km S of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-06-23 12:40:45 UTC
Depth
187.3 km (116.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.219° N, 163.044° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 13.4 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
197°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.951 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.840 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2283 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 2.046 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 75 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.934 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2280 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 1.931 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 1.963 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.759 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.020 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 155 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 1.721 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2273 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.945 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 82 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.652 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2270 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.140 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 87 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.59 km E of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2267 days ago · 92 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 1.749 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 1.555 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.958 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 29 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 1.552 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.720 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 138 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 1.817 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 2.143 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 160 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 1.759 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 1.737 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 70 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 1.535 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 3.446 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 85 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 1.925 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 1.518 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 39 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 2.036 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 174 km deep · 25 km away
  29. 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 105 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 1.821 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 112 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 1.554 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 83 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 2.364 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2238 days ago · 190 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 1.731 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 86 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 1.833 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 1.822 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  36. 1.926 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 145 km deep · 51 km away
  37. 1.662 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 1.822 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 1.846 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2231 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 1.720 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 106 km deep · 33 km away

Before

  1. 3.535 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2294 days ago · 187 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 1.727 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2295 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.523 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2297 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.736 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2298 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2302 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.930 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2302 days ago · 156 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 1.836 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2306 days ago · 158 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 1.846 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 73 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 3.541 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2310 days ago · 160 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.125 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2313 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.016 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2317 days ago · 118 km deep · 25 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ackh (also filed as ak02081mfltp). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:43 AM UTC.