Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 53 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 53 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska on Sat, Jul 23, 2016, 4:11 AM AKDT (12:11 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 40 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-07-23 12:11:39 UTC
Depth
52.1 km (32.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.609° N, 162.612° 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: 65 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 2.118 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 3723 days ago · 113 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.478 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.031 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 63 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.486 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.096 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.8115 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3720 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.043 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 161 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.260 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 53 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 1.935 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 157 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.619 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.797 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.847 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 74 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 2.3109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 41 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.977 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 2.993 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 2.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3714 days ago · 54 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 2.047 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 76 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 2.379 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 1.994 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3709 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 2.163 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 1.938 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 1.8107 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3706 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3705 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 2.253 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3703 days ago · 47 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 2.2100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 2.381 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 2.576 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 2.238 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 64 km deep · 66 km away
  32. 3.3101 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 2.297 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  34. 3.772 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 29 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 2.177 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 2.095 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 1.942 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3698 days ago · 70 km deep · 27 km away
  38. 2.0103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 2.158 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  40. 2.531 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3695 days ago · 82 km deep · 27 km away
  41. 2.346 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 63 km deep · 10 km away
  42. 1.943 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
  43. 2.515 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 3693 days ago · 147 km deep · 68 km away
  44. 2.098 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  45. 2.5114 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 32 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 2.1112 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 38 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 1.981 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 2.28 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 157 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 1.842 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 51 km deep · 38 km away
  50. 2.073 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  51. 2.7104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  52. 2.154 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3686 days ago · 50 km deep · 71 km away
  53. 1.838 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  54. 2.1102 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 4.740 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 152 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 2.341 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  57. 2.6110 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  58. 3.097 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
  59. 2.175 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 2.993 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 38 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 65.

Before

  1. 3.288 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3726 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.4103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 3727 days ago · 28 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.289 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.299 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.490 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3728 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 1.753 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3729 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 2.283 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.054 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 59 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 2.079 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3730 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.856 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3733 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 2.041 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3734 days ago · 79 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.980 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3734 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.743 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3736 days ago · 109 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 2.025 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 76 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.396 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3737 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 2.073 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 2.522 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 156 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.743 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3738 days ago · 123 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 2.994 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3739 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away

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