Alaska earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 79 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 79 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 6:03 PM AKDT (02:03 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-04-23 02:03:38 UTC
Depth
13.4 km (8.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.437° N, 161.731° 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
31

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 53 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.942 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1990 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 1.867 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 2.798 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.150 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 2.360 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 49 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 2.898 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 3.3119 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 3.6114 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.756 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 57 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.852 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 62 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.737 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 63 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 1.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 1.926 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 90 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.619 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 3.494 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 3.4117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 3.8106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 4.2108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
  23. 3.174 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 3.384 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 2.0116 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  26. 1.569 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 47 km deep · 48 km away
  27. 1.627 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 72 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 3.662 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 37 km deep · 77 km away
  29. 2.4110 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  30. 2.082 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  31. 2.766 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 32 km deep · 83 km away
  32. 2.691 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 2.070 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  34. 3.2115 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1962 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  35. 1.854 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
  36. 1.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
  37. 2.0106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  38. 2.777 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1951 days ago · 34 km deep · 41 km away
  39. 1.982 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 46 km deep · 4 km away
  40. 2.6117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 2.559 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 53 km deep · 37 km away
  42. 1.995 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  43. 3.897 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  44. 1.997 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  45. 1.666 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  46. 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 1.685 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  48. 1.693 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  50. 3.281 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 3.295 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  52. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1931 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  53. 2.788 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 1.952 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 56 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.258 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 57 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 2.7115 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.940 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1993 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.129 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 82 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.626 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 82 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.161 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 92 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 2.144 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 59 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 2.077 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 1.6146 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.799 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 2.062 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1995 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 1.566 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 1.657 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 1.767 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 2.270 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 1.9105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 3.271 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1998 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 2.1149 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1999 days ago · 32 km deep · 74 km away

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