Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake Alaska Peninsula

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck in the Alaska Peninsula on Thu, Dec 10, 2020, 10:53 PM AKST (07:53 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 71 km S of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2020-12-11 07:53:57 UTC
Depth
25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.486° N, 162.292° 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
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 174 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.073 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.285 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.2104 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.7132 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2123 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.543 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 94 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2122 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.052 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 46 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 1.785 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 1.897 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.957 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.779 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.650 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2121 days ago · 76 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.188 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 1.78 km NW of King Cove, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 89 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 3.1105 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.5106 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.097 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 1.766 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.026 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 116 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 2.9106 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 2.224 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 81 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 1.922 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 1.668 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2117 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
  24. 1.681 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 1.826 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 1.562 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 41 km deep · 9 km away
  28. 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 1.9103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 25 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 1.9101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  31. 1.823 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 77 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2116 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 2.640 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 1.762 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 1.984 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2115 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 1.896 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 2.328 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2114 days ago · 115 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 2.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2112 days ago · 19 km deep · 50 km away
  39. 2.075 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  40. 2.131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  41. 1.949 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2111 days ago · 73 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 2.017 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 134 km deep · 80 km away
  43. 1.946 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2110 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
  44. 2.022 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2109 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 2.697 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 2.231 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2108 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 1.966 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2107 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  48. 2.887 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
  49. 1.627 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 1.976 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 1.74 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 85 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 2.176 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  53. 2.068 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2106 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  54. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 2.8112 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  57. 2.740 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2105 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 1.563 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  59. 2.0105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2104 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 2.076 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2103 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of 174.

Before

  1. 2.842 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.987 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.280 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.841 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 77 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 2.014 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 110 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.974 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.969 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.219 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 112 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 3.264 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 73 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 94 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 1.568 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.983 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.090 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.391 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 1.889 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 3.888 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 2.155 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2141 days ago · 90 km deep · 94 km away

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