M1.7 earthquake 3 km W of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 3 km W of King Cove, Alaska on Fri, May 19, 2017, 6:55 AM AKDT (14:55 UTC), 118 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 46 km NE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-19 14:55:08 UTC
- Depth
- 117.6 km (73.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 55.061° N, 162.373° 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: 46 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.972 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3423 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.852 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3421 days ago · 54 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.228 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 91 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.290 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3415 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.491 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.667 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3414 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.638 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 70 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.762 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.167 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3409 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.259 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 65 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.938 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 92 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.051 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 66 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.389 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3399 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.040 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 84 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.5Alaska Peninsula · 3395 days ago · 79 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.647 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 3393 days ago · 157 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.783 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.647 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 74 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.669 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.787 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3389 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.092 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.870 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3388 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.356 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 174 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.963 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.240 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 83 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.755 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3386 days ago · 70 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.978 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3385 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.186 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3382 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.446 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3380 days ago · 113 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.650 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3379 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.948 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3377 days ago · 94 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3374 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.456 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 75 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.942 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3372 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.635 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.969 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3371 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.965 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3370 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 3367 days ago · 159 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.019 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 3367 days ago · 92 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.341 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 70 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.167 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3366 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.149 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3365 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 2.585 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.241 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.683 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.862 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.562 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 3433 days ago · 177 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.322 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 3434 days ago · 103 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.118 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 142 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.836 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3435 days ago · 83 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.433 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3437 days ago · 101 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.066 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3438 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.955 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.992 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.15 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 111 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.083 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.393 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3446 days ago · 40 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 3446 days ago · 50 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.041 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 149 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.740 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 102 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.547 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 105 km deep · 51 km away
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