Alaska earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 58 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 58 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska on Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 7:27 AM AKST (16:27 UTC), 75 km (47 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 75 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-11 16:27:18 UTC
Depth
74.9 km (46.5 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.208° N, 161.395° 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
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 150 in the 60 days after this one and 104 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.190 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 3.052 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 56 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 1.889 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.896 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.8102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 3.774 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 48 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.678 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.078 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 1.646 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 57 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.874 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.674 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 2078 days ago · 74 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 1.880 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 3.094 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2077 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 3.276 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 3.394 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 2.280 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 2076 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 2.349 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 2.6103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 3.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
  25. 4.251 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 2.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 2.970 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 1.945 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 63 km deep · 39 km away
  29. 2.052 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 1.939 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 2.1103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 2.058 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 2.053 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 1.661 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 1.750 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 47 km deep · 75 km away
  39. 2.043 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 81 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 1.714 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 60 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 1.843 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 59 km deep · 27 km away
  42. 1.965 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 2.180 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 1.764 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 2.137 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 64 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 2.157 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  47. 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  48. 2.090 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 2.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 29 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 2.837 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 80 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 2.262 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  52. 2.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  53. 2.965 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 65 km deep · 31 km away
  54. 1.966 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  55. 1.842 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2063 days ago · 50 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2061 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 2.058 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  59. 2.053 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  60. 2.2100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 150.

Before

  1. 2.385 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 3.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.661 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 2.384 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.248 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.157 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.782 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 2.692 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.655 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.068 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.848 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.780 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 1.678 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 1.819 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 94 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 3.996 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 1.87 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 104 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 1.936 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.967 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.938 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 78 km deep · 65 km away

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