Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 77 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 77 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska on Sat, Jan 14, 2017, 7:00 PM AKST (04:00 UTC), 15 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 16 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

King Cove forecastMore in Alaska

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-01-15 04:00:04 UTC
Depth
15.4 km (9.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.700° N, 161.284° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.381 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.58 km N of Sand Point, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.568 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3546 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.567 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.25 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 67 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 2.446 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3541 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 2.729 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3539 days ago · 87 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 3.379 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 3.459 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 92 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 3.053 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 81 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 3.648 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 68 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 2.153 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 67 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 2.493 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 2.488 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 2.296 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.4Alaska Peninsula · 3527 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.3116 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 2.362 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 2.428 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 3526 days ago · 116 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.093 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3525 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 1.735 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 1.9100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
  23. 1.852 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3524 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 2.08 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 2.257 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3523 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
  26. 2.296 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3522 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  27. 2.276 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
  28. 2.583 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3519 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 3.725 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 2.221 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 3.756 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 3.025 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 2.927 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3517 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 3.816 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3516 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 3.0Alaska Peninsula · 3515 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 1.973 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3514 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 2.287 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  38. 2.494 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 1.827 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3513 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  40. 2.665 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 2.483 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
  42. 2.372 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3512 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
  43. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3511 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
  44. 2.123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3509 days ago · 54 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 3.711 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3508 days ago · 97 km deep · 80 km away
  46. 2.317 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 1.912 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 63 km deep · 74 km away
  48. 3.017 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 2.215 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 1.815 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3506 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 2.016 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3504 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  52. 2.449 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 3503 days ago · 46 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3501 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  54. 2.155 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 81 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 2.462 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  56. 2.339 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3500 days ago · 67 km deep · 60 km away
  57. 2.046 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3499 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
  58. 1.986 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3499 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 2.144 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 52 km deep · 35 km away
  60. 1.964 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3497 days ago · 57 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of 66.

Before

  1. 1.966 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 1.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 21 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.958 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.623 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.791 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 1.578 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 3.711 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 3.470 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 46 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 2.389 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 3.041 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 93 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.9105 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.092 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.032 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 89 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 2.9132 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 3.582 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 3.7122 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.488 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.487 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.387 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 3.122 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 95 km deep · 62 km away

Earthquakes todayAlaska earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak017ovfy61 (also filed as ak15104817). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:53 AM UTC.