Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 57 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 57 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Wed, Sep 21, 2022, 7:32 PM AKDT (03:32 UTC), 124 km (77 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 49 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2022-09-22 03:32:21 UTC
Depth
124.0 km (77.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.569° N, 161.704° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.7ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.128 · 8 stations
2.3ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.3 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
169°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.772 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1471 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 1.678 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1469 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.635 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 86 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.159 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1467 days ago · 58 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 1.910 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 116 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.841 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1465 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.860 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.63 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1462 days ago · 73 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.635 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 164 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 1.750 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.745 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 89 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 3.449 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 161 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 1.519 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 60 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 3.014 km N of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 186 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 3.148 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 167 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 2.839 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 219 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 1446 days ago · 91 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.725 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 100 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 1.946 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 100 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 2.038 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 155 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1443 days ago · 61 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 1.963 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 2.920 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 2.645 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 69 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 2.635 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 69 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 1.741 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 67 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 1.932 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 108 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 3.453 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 157 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 1.557 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 52 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 2.130 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1421 days ago · 77 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 2.141 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 90 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 2.025 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1417 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 2.757 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1416 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 1.935 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1416 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 1.825 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1412 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 2.039 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1472 days ago · 109 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 1.970 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.753 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1473 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 2.716 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 121 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.856 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1476 days ago · 51 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 1.850 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.714 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1481 days ago · 84 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.820 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1485 days ago · 166 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 2.939 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 159 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 1.933 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1486 days ago · 65 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 1487 days ago · 73 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.031 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 98 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.743 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 152 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 1.610 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 90 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.356 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 84 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.244 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 109 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 2.821 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 140 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 1.827 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 2.130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.628 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1500 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away

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