Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 90 km S of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 90 km S of King Cove, Alaska on Thu, Sep 2, 2021, 2:03 AM AKDT (10:03 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-02 10:03:11 UTC
Depth
28.1 km (17.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.249° N, 162.414° 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
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.877 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.017 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1846 days ago · 89 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.5101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 1.799 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.889 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.582 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1845 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 3.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1844 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.570 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1842 days ago · 34 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 1.585 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.697 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 1.712 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1841 days ago · 115 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 1.834 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1840 days ago · 78 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.592 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 2.897 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1839 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 2.190 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1838 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  21. 3.3Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1834 days ago · 71 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 2.092 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 51 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 1.938 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1833 days ago · 69 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 2.393 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1832 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 2.043 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1829 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  26. 2.279 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
  27. 2.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1827 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  28. 1.975 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1826 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 2.286 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1825 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 2.092 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1823 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 1.891 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1821 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1819 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 1.979 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
  34. 2.151 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1818 days ago · 63 km deep · 70 km away
  35. 2.9114 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
  36. 3.0100 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
  37. 4.0111 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1816 days ago · 47 km deep · 23 km away
  38. 2.7107 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 60 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 1.632 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 2.284 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1814 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 4.4129 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  43. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1813 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1812 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 2.959 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1809 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 1.989 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1808 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 2.467 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1806 days ago · 75 km deep · 100 km away
  48. 1.844 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1805 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 2.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  50. 2.9103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 2.161 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
  52. 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 52 km deep · 37 km away
  53. 3.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 2.273 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  55. 2.569 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1804 days ago · 61 km deep · 85 km away
  56. 2.364 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 48 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 3.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1800 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  58. 1.565 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1797 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  59. 2.489 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1796 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  60. 2.5102 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1794 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away

The first 60 of 76.

Before

  1. 2.1107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1847 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 2.637 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 88 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.979 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.9108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1848 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.758 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1850 days ago · 60 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.943 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1851 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.795 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 1.997 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.770 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1852 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.692 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.880 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1853 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.889 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1854 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 1.536 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 56 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 1.554 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 1.891 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 1.631 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 1.955 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1855 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 2.088 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1856 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away

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