Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 95 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 95 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Mon, Feb 8, 2021, 3:00 AM AKST (12:00 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 32 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-02-08 12:00:25 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.381° N, 161.402° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 143 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.1108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.7108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 3.446 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.054 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 2.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.9106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.522 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 62 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 1.977 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 2.898 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 3.1110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.1104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 2.156 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 3.186 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 2.329 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.492 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.7102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.4100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 2.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 18 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 2.7118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 2.0100 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 1.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 2.076 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
  26. 3.1119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 2.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 1.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  29. 1.754 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 2.1104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 2.1107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 2.076 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  33. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2054 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away
  34. 1.662 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
  35. 1.885 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 1.897 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  37. 1.9108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 1.873 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  39. 1.848 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 72 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 2.5133 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 3.1111 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2052 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  43. 2.088 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 2.390 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 3.164 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 44 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 2.2115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 2.7112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 2.178 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  49. 3.1112 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 2.8101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  51. 3.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 2.556 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  54. 2.1123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  55. 2.7115 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  56. 1.976 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  57. 2.273 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 3.072 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
  59. 1.944 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  60. 2.2110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 2.397 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 2.070 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.391 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 3.0117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2064 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 2.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 4.875 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 51 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 2.7116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.1101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 3.182 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.664 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.742 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 2.0121 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.3129 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.1103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2066 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 1.686 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away

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