Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 54 km S of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 54 km S of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Feb 9, 2021, 11:43 AM AKST (20:43 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 85 km SE of King Cove, 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
2021-02-09 20:43:57 UTC
Depth
53.0 km (32.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.574° N, 162.398° 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
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 81 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.847 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2059 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.977 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 2.1104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.156 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 65 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 3.186 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 2.496 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 1.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.142 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 62 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 1.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 1.754 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 3.139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2053 days ago · 47 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 1.662 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 2.0104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.66 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 116 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 1.873 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.848 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 72 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 1.727 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 2.088 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 2.390 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 3.164 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 44 km deep · 16 km away
  24. 2.178 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 1.976 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 2.273 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 73 km deep · 20 km away
  28. 3.072 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 1.982 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  31. 1.766 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  32. 1.985 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  33. 2.791 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 2.542 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 81 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 3.168 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
  36. 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  37. 1.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  38. 2.763 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 77 km deep · 19 km away
  39. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 2.3113 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 2.296 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  42. 2.331 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
  43. 2.4105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 2.222 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 1.955 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2040 days ago · 38 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 3.988 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 42 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 4.385 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 3.196 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 2.894 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  50. 2.481 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  51. 3.071 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2039 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
  52. 2.065 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
  53. 1.961 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  54. 2.3108 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  55. 2.196 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 1.955 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 92 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 2.136 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 119 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 1.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  59. 2.386 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  60. 2.9101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of 161.

Before

  1. 2.095 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2064 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 4.875 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 51 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2066 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 1.919 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 113 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 3.262 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 1.654 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 53 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.324 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 83 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2069 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 2.2100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.1123 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.277 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 53 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2070 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 1.922 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away

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