Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 12 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 12 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska on Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 10:23 AM AKDT (18:23 UTC), 106 km (66 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 54 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-10-18 18:23:07 UTC
Depth
105.5 km (65.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.236° N, 162.904° 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: 51 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.515 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1793 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.654 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1792 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.931 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1788 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 1.953 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1787 days ago · 46 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.739 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1786 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 2.435 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1783 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.227 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1781 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.542 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1779 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 2.737 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1777 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.67 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.541 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1776 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 1.726 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 1.832 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1775 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 3.034 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 179 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 2.122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.122 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.831 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1774 days ago · 172 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.564 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 2.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1773 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 1.963 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 76 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 2.130 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 2.155 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 2.629 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1772 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 3.050 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1770 days ago · 85 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 1.956 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1768 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 1.727 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  28. 1.919 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1766 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 1.930 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1762 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 2.645 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 92 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 1.957 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1761 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 3.623 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 1.929 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  34. 1.930 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1757 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 1.965 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1756 days ago · 41 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 2.545 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 2.455 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 1.556 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1755 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 2.536 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1751 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  40. 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1749 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 2.175 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  42. 2.540 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1748 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  43. 3.021 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1747 days ago · 85 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 2.742 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1746 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  45. 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1745 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 1.930 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 1.622 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1743 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 2.726 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 172 km deep · 61 km away
  50. 3.345 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  51. 2.525 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1742 days ago · 105 km deep · 76 km away

Before

  1. 3.160 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1803 days ago · 163 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 1.734 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 93 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 52 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.161 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.844 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1807 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1811 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.632 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1815 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 1.511 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1820 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 2.043 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1831 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away

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