M2.1 earthquake 93 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 93 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 3:13 AM AKST (12:13 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 32 km NE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-02-20 12:13:59 UTC
- Depth
- 25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.575° N, 161.097° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 61 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.564 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 64 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.957 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2410 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.189 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.832 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2409 days ago · 111 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.285 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2408 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.958 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2407 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.479 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2405 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.243 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2404 days ago · 66 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.962 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.773 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 34 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.5103 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2402 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.180 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2400 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.862 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.884 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2397 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.618 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 64 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.889 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.174 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2396 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.084 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2394 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.966 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.736 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2393 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.915 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.670 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2392 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.911 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 91 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.869 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 72 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.878 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.759 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 64 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.723 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 81 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.790 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2386 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.6103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.999 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.763 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 88 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.566 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2382 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.1140 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2380 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.763 km SSE of King Cove, AK · 2379 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.863 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2378 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.392 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.4116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.426 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2374 days ago · 50 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.058 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.839 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2371 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.956 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2371 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.978 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.662 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.285 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.879 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.8104 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.549 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 83 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.598 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.184 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2362 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.0107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.5116 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.8117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 58 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.979 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2358 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.880 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2357 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.765 km SSE of Sand Point, AK · 2355 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of 61.
Before
- 2.238 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2413 days ago · 56 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.669 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.959 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2414 days ago · 58 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.765 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.069 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2415 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.970 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2416 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.989 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.991 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2418 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.043 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 52 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.158 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2420 days ago · 60 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.759 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.781 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.568 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.633 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2423 days ago · 63 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1102 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.01 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2424 days ago · 63 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.359 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 73 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.359 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2425 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.989 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2426 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2427 days ago · 34 km deep · 22 km away
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