Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 78 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 78 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska on Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 2:01 AM AKST (11:01 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 71 km S of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-14 11:01:28 UTC
Depth
16.7 km (10.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.703° N, 161.261° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.646 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 57 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.092 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.296 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.874 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 1.674 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 1.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.7113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 2081 days ago · 74 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 2.298 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.388 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.880 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 2.696 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.297 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.1109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.2109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 2.3south of Alaska · 2080 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.893 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.288 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 3.094 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 2.9101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 3.276 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 3.394 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 2.895 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 2.280 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
  26. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 2079 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  27. 2.349 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
  28. 2.3south of Alaska · 2078 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 2.487 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 2.6103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 2.495 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 2.486 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 3.7110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 3.384 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 3.585 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
  36. 3.684 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 2.297 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 2.290 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 2.392 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 2.796 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 2.5118 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 2.092 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 2.0114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  45. 2.2111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 3.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
  47. 4.251 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 43 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 2.998 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 3.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 2.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  51. 2.970 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
  52. 3.178 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 1.956 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 2.3104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 2.594 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 1.945 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 63 km deep · 34 km away
  57. 2.052 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 1.939 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  59. 2.1103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
  60. 2.8119 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.8110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.9105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.1102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.678 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 3.774 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 48 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 2.197 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.0102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 2.8102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 2.093 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.896 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 1.889 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 2.5113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.0108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.8106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.5103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.3102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.9126 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.2102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away

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