Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 107 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 107 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 5:57 AM AKDT (13:57 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 95 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-08-11 13:57:39 UTC
Depth
26.7 km (16.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.258° N, 161.391° 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
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 2.333 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3704 days ago · 52 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.253 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3702 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.381 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3701 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.576 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.238 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3700 days ago · 64 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 3.772 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3699 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 3.4126 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3697 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 2.158 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3696 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 2.346 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.943 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3694 days ago · 64 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 2.5114 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 32 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 2.1112 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3692 days ago · 38 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.361 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3691 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.663 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.842 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3690 days ago · 51 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.073 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3689 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.970 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3687 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.154 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3685 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
  21. 2.1101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3683 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 2.7104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 2.5175 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3681 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 2.341 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3679 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 2.082 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3676 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 3.097 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3675 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
  27. 2.175 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3673 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
  28. 2.993 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3671 days ago · 38 km deep · 15 km away
  29. 3.262 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 30 km deep · 78 km away
  30. 3.4101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3670 days ago · 21 km deep · 100 km away
  31. 2.439 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3668 days ago · 91 km deep · 97 km away
  32. 2.6110 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  33. 3.039 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3667 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away
  34. 3.3138 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3666 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 3666 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away
  36. 2.156 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 57 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 2.4104 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3663 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 3.060 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 1.965 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3660 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 2.085 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  41. 2.390 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3657 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  42. 2.363 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3656 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
  43. 3.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3653 days ago · 38 km deep · 50 km away
  44. 4.295 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 36 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 3.185 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3652 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
  46. 2.184 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3649 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  47. 2.491 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3647 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away

Before

  1. 1.938 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3707 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.163 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3708 days ago · 61 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 2.379 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3710 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.047 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3712 days ago · 76 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 2.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3713 days ago · 54 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 2.993 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.282 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3715 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.195 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3716 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3717 days ago · 32 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 1.847 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 74 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.7123 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3718 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 2.260 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3719 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 3.2124 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 2.486 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 2.031 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3721 days ago · 63 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 1.945 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.478 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 2.875 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3722 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.153 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3724 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away

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