Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 64 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 64 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska on Mon, Oct 21, 2019, 2:47 PM AKDT (22:47 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2019-10-21 22:47:06 UTC
Depth
54.5 km (33.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.821° N, 161.411° 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
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 54 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.779 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2535 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.3102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2532 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.590 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2529 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.235 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 48 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 1.953 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2527 days ago · 49 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 1.7100 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2526 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.642 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 65 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 2.151 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2525 days ago · 59 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 1.826 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2522 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.549 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 71 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.959 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2517 days ago · 26 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.884 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 2.625 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 3.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.052 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.954 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 3.259 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 1.681 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 48 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 2.094 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.985 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
  22. 1.920 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 88 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 2.893 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2502 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  24. 2.6101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 2.695 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
  26. 1.745 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 2.771 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 73 km deep · 14 km away
  28. 1.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 1.713 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 100 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  32. 2.988 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  33. 2.1114 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  34. 3.479 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  35. 2.212 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2490 days ago · 61 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 1.942 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 46 km deep · 42 km away
  37. 2.083 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
  38. 1.757 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  39. 1.948 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 61 km deep · 34 km away
  40. 2.633 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 52 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 2.6113 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 1.984 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  43. 1.856 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 38 km deep · 25 km away
  44. 1.937 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  45. 2.020 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 85 km deep · 78 km away
  46. 3.684 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 2.2100 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 2.281 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
  49. 2.076 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  50. 3.05 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 111 km deep · 61 km away
  51. 2.183 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
  52. 3.3103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  53. 3.1119 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2479 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 2.459 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 1.852 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 1.885 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2537 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 2.883 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.837 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2539 days ago · 106 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 1.757 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2540 days ago · 53 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 2.075 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2545 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.184 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 1.780 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 2.187 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 3.0103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 2.760 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2546 days ago · 106 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 2.560 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2548 days ago · 73 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 1.856 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 71 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 3.336 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2549 days ago · 48 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.873 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2551 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.996 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.579 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 1.872 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2552 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away

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