Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 57 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 57 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Dec 10, 2019, 8:22 PM AKST (05:22 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 91 km SE of King Cove, 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
2019-12-11 05:22:25 UTC
Depth
13.1 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.710° N, 161.659° 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
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.948 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2488 days ago · 61 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.633 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2487 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.6113 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.984 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 1.856 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2486 days ago · 38 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.020 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 85 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 3.684 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2485 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.2100 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2484 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.281 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.076 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 3.05 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2483 days ago · 111 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 2.183 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 41 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 3.3103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2482 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 3.1119 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2480 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.062 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 2.767 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2478 days ago · 65 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 2.077 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 2.885 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2477 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 4.187 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2476 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.182 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 47 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 1.851 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2475 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  22. 3.0130 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2474 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2470 days ago · 70 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 2.681 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2469 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 2.5102 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 1.990 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 1.990 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  28. 2.190 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2466 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 3.493 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2465 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
  30. 3.525 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 83 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 1.868 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2464 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
  32. 1.840 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 105 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 2.1104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  34. 1.644 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 52 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 2.217 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 78 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 2.089 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  37. 2.632 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2463 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 2.033 km NE of King Cove, AK · 2462 days ago · 113 km deep · 66 km away
  39. 2.6106 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2462 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  40. 2.8100 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 1.787 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  42. 2.541 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2461 days ago · 68 km deep · 44 km away
  43. 1.924 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2460 days ago · 111 km deep · 57 km away
  44. 2.740 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2459 days ago · 65 km deep · 23 km away
  45. 1.864 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2458 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  46. 2.031 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2456 days ago · 88 km deep · 47 km away
  47. 1.890 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  48. 1.722 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2455 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
  49. 2.180 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  50. 1.777 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2454 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
  51. 2.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2453 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
  52. 2.191 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
  53. 1.862 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2451 days ago · 57 km deep · 21 km away
  54. 2.960 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 48 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 1.859 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2449 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  56. 2.055 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 152 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 1.953 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 52 km deep · 58 km away
  58. 2.963 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  59. 2.959 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 1.678 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2448 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away

The first 60 of 80.

Before

  1. 2.083 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2489 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 1.942 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2491 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 3.479 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2492 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 2.1114 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.988 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2493 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2494 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 1.713 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 100 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2496 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 2.771 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2497 days ago · 73 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 1.934 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 61 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.745 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2498 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.695 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2499 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 2.6101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2500 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 2.893 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 1.920 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 88 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 2.985 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2504 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 2.169 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2505 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.094 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2506 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.681 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2512 days ago · 48 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 3.259 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2513 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away

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