M2.3 earthquake 71 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 71 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Sun, Dec 30, 2018, 7:39 PM AKST (04:39 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 87 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- AACSE
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-31 04:39:43 UTC
- Depth
- 1.6 km (1.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.480° N, 161.828° 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: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.199 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.888 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.162 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.487 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.0124 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.787 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.679 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.665 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2832 days ago · 87 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.9134 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.077 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.587 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2830 days ago · 35 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.852 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.854 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.191 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.196 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2829 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.6140 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.7141 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2828 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.1103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.744 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.364 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 57 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.5132 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2827 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.989 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2826 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.493 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2825 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.698 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 29 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.655 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2824 days ago · 53 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.210 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2823 days ago · 114 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.4117 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2822 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.595 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2820 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.368 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.453 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 51 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.032 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 58 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.1162 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2819 days ago · 60 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.261 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2817 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.5110 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2816 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.5110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2815 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.492 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.763 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2813 days ago · 31 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.6106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2812 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2811 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.2134 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2810 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.096 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2807 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.0100 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2806 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.159 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2805 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.060 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.083 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 41 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.9103 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.638 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2804 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2803 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.826 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2803 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.923 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.986 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.581 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2802 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.897 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 50 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.051 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2801 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.157 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2799 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.699 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 38 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.667 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2798 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.0100 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2797 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.268 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2795 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
The first 60 of 78.
Before
- 2.488 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.575 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.997 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.896 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away
- 6.087 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 31 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 22 · tsunami flag
- 2.555 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.4101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2836 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.589 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.596 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.798 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 55 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.6141 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2840 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.274 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.481 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.5106 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.053 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 64 km deep · 53 km away
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