Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 116 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 116 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Wed, May 12, 2021, 11:45 PM AKDT (07:45 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 97 km SSE 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
2021-05-13 07:45:35 UTC
Depth
25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.040° N, 161.942° 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
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.6148 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.569 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 47 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.627 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 72 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.4110 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 2.082 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.691 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.070 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 3.2115 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 1.854 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 59 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.298 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 2.0106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 2.777 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1952 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 3.3131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.982 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 46 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 2.6117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1945 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.559 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 53 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 1.995 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1941 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 3.897 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 1.997 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1937 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 1.666 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 1.685 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 1.693 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1934 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 3.281 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1933 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 3.295 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1931 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 2.788 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1931 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 1.547 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  30. 1.571 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  32. 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
  33. 2.6101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 2.698 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  35. 1.663 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  36. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  37. 2.691 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 2.077 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 66 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 2.093 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 3.5156 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 3.384 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 4.2108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 3.8106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 3.4117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1980 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 3.494 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 1.926 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 90 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.737 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.852 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 3.6114 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 3.3119 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1986 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 2.898 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1987 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.360 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 49 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.150 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 2.798 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.867 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1989 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away

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