Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 13 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 13 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Dec 3, 2019, 7:42 AM AKST (16:42 UTC), 100 km (62 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 87 km SSW 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
2019-12-03 16:42:58 UTC
Depth
100.4 km (62.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.173° N, 162.260° 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
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.988 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 3.479 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.942 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.083 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.757 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.948 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 61 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.984 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.856 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 38 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.020 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 85 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.281 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 3.05 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 111 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 2.183 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2481 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.062 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 2.767 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 65 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 2.885 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 4.187 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  18. 2.182 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.851 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2473 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2469 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 3.124 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 184 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 2.681 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2468 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 3.748 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2467 days ago · 155 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 3.830 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 150 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 1.990 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 3.525 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 83 km deep · 38 km away
  28. 3.026 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 81 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 1.868 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 1.840 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 105 km deep · 31 km away
  31. 1.644 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 52 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 2.217 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 78 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 2.089 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 2.632 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  35. 2.033 km NE of King Cove, AK · 2461 days ago · 113 km deep · 22 km away
  36. 1.787 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 2.541 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 68 km deep · 54 km away
  38. 1.924 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 111 km deep · 17 km away
  39. 2.740 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 65 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 3.135 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 91 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 1.864 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2457 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  42. 2.031 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 88 km deep · 28 km away
  43. 1.890 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 1.722 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 2.180 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  46. 1.777 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
  47. 2.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 27 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 1.862 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2450 days ago · 57 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 1.859 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 2.055 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 152 km deep · 42 km away
  51. 1.953 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2447 days ago · 52 km deep · 67 km away
  52. 1.838 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 79 km deep · 100 km away
  53. 1.678 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 3.483 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 48 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 1.786 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2446 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 1.654 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away
  57. 1.858 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 2445 days ago · 92 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 1.857 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2442 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
  59. 1.852 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2441 days ago · 60 km deep · 53 km away
  60. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2437 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 63.

Before

  1. 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2495 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 2.771 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 73 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.934 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 61 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.745 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 28 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 1.920 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2503 days ago · 88 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 1.681 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 48 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.654 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2511 days ago · 153 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 3.259 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 1.954 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.625 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2514 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.884 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2515 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.549 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2519 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 2.966 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2524 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away

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