Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 43 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 43 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Mon, Sep 3, 2018, 7:48 AM AKDT (15:48 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 20 km SE 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
2018-09-03 15:48:22 UTC
Depth
54.8 km (34.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.742° N, 161.920° 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.ScaleComputed byNotes
1.9ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreferred · Preliminary
1.9ML, local (Richter)AACSEPreliminary

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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 83 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.334 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.854 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2951 days ago · 43 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 1.628 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2950 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.982 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2948 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 2.3100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2947 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 1.754 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 2.052 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 49 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 1.578 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 1.743 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.733 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2946 days ago · 78 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 1.920 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 115 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.184 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2945 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 1.796 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 2.151 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.553 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2944 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.888 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 1.9105 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.584 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.132 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.931 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2942 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 2.188 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
  22. 2.317 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 1.851 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2941 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  24. 2.894 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  25. 1.874 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 3.5114 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 2.812 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2940 days ago · 94 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 2.941 km NE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2939 days ago · 161 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2938 days ago · 40 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 2.061 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 1.861 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 1.8105 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 2.042 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 64 km deep · 24 km away
  34. 1.851 km S of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2936 days ago · 109 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 2.1Alaska Peninsula · 2936 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 2.3117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2935 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 1.741 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2932 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 2.763 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 95 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 2.886 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2931 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
  40. 1.543 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 78 km deep · 54 km away
  41. 1.898 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2930 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 3.636 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  43. 2.079 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 2.085 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 39 km deep · 70 km away
  46. 1.949 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2929 days ago · 29 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 2.691 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  48. 2.396 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2928 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  49. 2.6101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 3.045 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2925 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 2.231 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2924 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  52. 2.028 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  53. 2.190 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2919 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 1.973 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2918 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  55. 2.8102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2917 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 3.145 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2916 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  57. 2.492 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2914 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 1.914 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  59. 1.513 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  60. 2.323 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2912 days ago · 99 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of 83.

Before

  1. 2.035 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2952 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.633 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.533 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.833 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.796 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 2.233 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.6104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.6102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.592 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.899 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.994 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 2.195 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.459 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2954 days ago · 63 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2957 days ago · 73 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 2.091 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2963 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.831 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 2.3109 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2966 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 3.023 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 164 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.946 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 65 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.24 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2970 days ago · 138 km deep · 48 km away

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