Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 82 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 82 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, May 18, 2021, 8:16 PM AKDT (04:16 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 92 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-19 04:16:29 UTC
Depth
4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.438° N, 161.610° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.766 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1954 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.691 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 2.070 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 3.2115 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1953 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 4.192 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1950 days ago · 34 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.854 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 59 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 1.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1944 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 2.0106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 2.777 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1942 days ago · 34 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 1.982 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 46 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 2.6117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 2.559 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 53 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 1.995 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 3.897 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1930 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 1.997 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 1.666 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.685 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 1.693 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1924 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 3.281 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1923 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 3.295 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1922 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 2.788 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1921 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  24. 1.547 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 1.571 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 36 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  27. 2.839 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 70 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
  29. 2.6101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1911 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 2.698 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1910 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 1.856 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 2.637 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 1.663 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
  34. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  35. 2.054 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 1.758 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 2.180 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 1.750 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 101 km deep · 75 km away
  39. 1.590 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  41. 1.5104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 1.789 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  43. 2.297 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 1.559 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 36 km deep · 25 km away
  45. 2.290 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  46. 1.813 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 88 km deep · 87 km away
  47. 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
  48. 2.254 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  49. 2.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 2.194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 1.970 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 55 km deep · 51 km away
  52. 1.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  53. 2.075 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 38 km deep · 8 km away
  54. 1.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 30 km deep · 27 km away
  55. 1.8103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 42 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 2.4110 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.681 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 3.662 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.627 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 72 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 1.569 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 47 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 2.0116 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1960 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 3.384 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1964 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 3.174 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1966 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 4.2108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1967 days ago · 28 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 3.8106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 3.4117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1970 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 3.494 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.926 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 90 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 1.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 1.852 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 62 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.756 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 57 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 3.6114 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 3.3119 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away

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