Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 74 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 74 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Mon, Nov 6, 2017, 11:37 PM AKST (08:37 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 97 km SSE of False Pass, 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
2017-11-07 08:37:37 UTC
Depth
24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.499° N, 161.696° 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
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.356 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 2.620 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 100 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 3.125 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.4114 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3244 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 2.183 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 3.597 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 2.5100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 2.373 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.057 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.987 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 3.290 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.666 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 3.150 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 73 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 4.097 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3230 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.562 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 41 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 2.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.270 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3226 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 3.180 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 3.6119 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 3.795 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
  21. 2.272 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
  22. 1.965 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  23. 2.266 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3217 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  24. 2.351 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
  25. 1.863 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 3.499 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3211 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 2.276 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3209 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  29. 3.591 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3208 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  30. 3.580 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
  31. 3.579 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3206 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 3.832 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 87 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 2.542 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3204 days ago · 36 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 3.429 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 55 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 2.495 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3196 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
  36. 3.4128 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 2.921 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3193 days ago · 156 km deep · 56 km away
  38. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 3192 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
  39. 2.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3192 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away

Before

  1. 2.6150 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 1.773 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 3.192 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 2.3110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 2.699 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 3.163 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 68 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.591 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 2.282 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 2.597 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 2.464 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 82 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 2.357 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 60 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.144 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.441 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 86 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 3.068 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 2.877 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 3.896 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.8111 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 3.275 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away

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