Alaska earthquakes

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

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 77 km S of King Cove, Alaska on Mon, Nov 5, 2018, 12:36 AM AKST (09:36 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 87 km SE of King Cove, 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
2018-11-05 09:36:10 UTC
Depth
16.4 km (10.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.370° N, 162.368° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.1105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.069 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2885 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 3.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2883 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 3.6107 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.391 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.298 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 2.642 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2882 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 3.2156 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2878 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.396 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.059 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2877 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 2.3112 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 4.189 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2876 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.664 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 82 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.882 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 32 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 2.094 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2875 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 2.3139 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 36 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.5105 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 2.074 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 2.9109 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2874 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.479 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2873 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 4.7108 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2872 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 2.035 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2870 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 2.214 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 97 km deep · 80 km away
  24. 2.497 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2867 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 2.2104 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 2.486 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 2.29 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 3.193 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 30 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 3.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 3.3122 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  31. 2.920 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 136 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 2.136 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 2.7124 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 2.383 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  35. 2.6109 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2853 days ago · 37 km deep · 48 km away
  36. 2.869 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2852 days ago · 89 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 2.593 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2848 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  38. 2.371 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 26 km deep · 45 km away
  39. 2.6109 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 3.053 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 64 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 2.5110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  42. 2.5106 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  43. 2.481 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  44. 2.274 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 2.6141 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 62 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 2.596 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away
  47. 2.589 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  48. 2.338 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
  49. 2.115 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 122 km deep · 81 km away
  50. 2.1103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2835 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  51. 2.612 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2834 days ago · 116 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 2.4101 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2833 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 6.087 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 22 · tsunami flag
  54. 2.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 29 km deep · 58 km away
  55. 2.896 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 30 km deep · 52 km away
  56. 2.997 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  57. 2.575 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
  58. 2.488 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  59. 2.371 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  60. 3.199 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2831 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 68.

Before

  1. 2.651 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2887 days ago · 61 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 3.067 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2892 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.887 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2893 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 4.584 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 39 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 3.297 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2895 days ago · 30 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.580 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.493 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.5107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.678 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2896 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 3.382 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2898 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 3.659 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 88 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 3.099 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2900 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.82 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2902 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.396 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 3.03 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2904 days ago · 112 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.7166 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.9106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2905 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 2.696 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 3.465 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2906 days ago · 49 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 2.393 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2907 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away

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