Alaska earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Feb 9, 2020, 10:54 AM AKST (19:54 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 26 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-02-09 19:54:45 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.459° N, 160.976° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.633 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 63 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.568 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 1.781 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 1.759 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.158 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 60 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 2.043 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 52 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.991 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 1.989 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 1.970 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 2.069 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 2.765 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 1.959 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 58 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 1.669 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 2.238 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 56 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 2.193 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 1.957 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 2.189 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 2.285 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 1.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 2.479 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 2.243 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 66 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 1.962 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 1.773 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2403 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 2.5103 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  26. 3.180 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  27. 2.862 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 1.884 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2398 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 1.618 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.889 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 2.174 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 2.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  33. 2.084 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  34. 1.736 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 1.670 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
  36. 1.911 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 91 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 2.869 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 72 km deep · 41 km away
  38. 1.759 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
  39. 1.723 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 81 km deep · 88 km away
  40. 1.790 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  41. 2.6103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  42. 1.999 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 1.566 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
  44. 2.1140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
  45. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
  46. 1.763 km SSE of King Cove, AK · 2379 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  47. 1.863 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
  48. 1.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
  49. 2.392 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2375 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  50. 2.4116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 3.426 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 50 km deep · 78 km away
  52. 2.058 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 1.956 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2371 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  54. 1.978 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  55. 1.662 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
  56. 3.285 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  57. 1.879 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
  58. 2.8104 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
  59. 1.549 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 83 km deep · 65 km away

Before

  1. 3.359 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 73 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 2.359 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.989 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 4.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2428 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 2.062 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2430 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 3.099 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2431 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 2.185 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 2.164 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2432 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.382 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.791 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2433 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2434 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 2.152 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 60 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2435 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2439 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 1.852 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2439 days ago · 60 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 1.857 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2440 days ago · 37 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 2.183 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 1.834 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 51 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.858 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 92 km deep · 96 km away

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