Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 70 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 70 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Thu, May 20, 2021, 3:01 AM AKDT (11:01 UTC), 5 km (3 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), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-05-20 11:01:14 UTC
Depth
4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.524° N, 161.736° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.2115 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1957 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.854 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1949 days ago · 59 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.873 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1948 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 2.0106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1947 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.777 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1946 days ago · 34 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 1.982 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 2.6117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1940 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 2.559 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 53 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 1.995 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1936 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 3.897 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1935 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 1.997 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1932 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 1.666 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 2.893 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.685 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1929 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.693 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 3.281 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1928 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 3.295 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1927 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 2.5Alaska Peninsula · 1926 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 2.788 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1925 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 1.547 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 1.571 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 36 km deep · 12 km away
  23. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 1.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 78 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 2.839 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 70 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1916 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
  27. 2.6101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  28. 2.698 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1915 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  29. 1.856 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 2.637 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 71 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 1.663 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1914 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
  32. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  33. 1.734 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 101 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 2.054 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 1.758 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 2.180 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  37. 1.750 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 101 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 1.590 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  40. 1.5104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
  41. 1.789 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 2.297 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  43. 1.926 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 1.559 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 36 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 2.290 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  46. 1.813 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 88 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  48. 2.254 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 2.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 2.194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 32 km deep · 88 km away
  51. 1.970 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 55 km deep · 44 km away
  52. 1.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 2.075 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 38 km deep · 7 km away
  54. 1.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
  55. 1.646 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  56. 3.0110 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 1.837 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
  58. 1.638 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1898 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 2.691 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 2.766 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.082 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 2.4110 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1961 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 3.662 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1963 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 1.627 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 72 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 1.569 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.0116 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1965 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 3.384 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1968 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 3.174 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1971 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 4.2108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 3.8106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 3.4117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 3.494 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 1.619 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 3.049 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 119 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.597 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.926 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 90 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 1.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away

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