M3.7 earthquake 225 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 225 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Sat, Nov 18, 2017, 8:33 AM AKST (17:33 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-18 17:33:05 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 53.224° N, 160.854° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.178 · 8 stations |
| 3.4 | ML, local (Richter) | Alaska Earthquake Center | Preliminary |
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 214°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 135
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.6219 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3203 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.6193 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3201 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.9250 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 3195 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.8225 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3189 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
Before
- 2.6150 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.7200 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3260 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.0238 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.9207 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bs5h (also filed as ak17292239, ak017estd7nt). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:39 PM UTC.