M1.5 earthquake 9 km E of Cold Bay, Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 9 km E of Cold Bay, Alaska on Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 1:19 PM AKDT (21:19 UTC), 92 km (57 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 75 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-07-14 21:19:53 UTC
- Depth
- 91.8 km (57.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 55.174° N, 162.572° 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: 97 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.749 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2266 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.555 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.076 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2265 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.634 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 75 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.676 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2264 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.961 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.958 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 29 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.552 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 65 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.720 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 138 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.179 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2259 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.817 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.143 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 160 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.759 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.068 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2257 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.777 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.572 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.763 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.677 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.678 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.675 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.737 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 70 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.535 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2254 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
- 6.175 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 17 · tsunami flag
- 1.733 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.446 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 85 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.679 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.768 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.776 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.678 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.674 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.379 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2251 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.679 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.667 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.676 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.575 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.676 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.672 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.059 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 147 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.576 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.925 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.518 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 2249 days ago · 39 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.036 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 174 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2248 days ago · 105 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.821 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 112 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.679 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.578 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.580 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2246 days ago · 26 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.675 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.878 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 23 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.776 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2245 days ago · 28 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.778 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.963 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.579 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2242 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.671 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 55 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.577 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.554 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 83 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.174 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2239 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.731 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2237 days ago · 86 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.878 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2236 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
The first 60 of 97.
Before
- 2.140 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 87 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.676 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2268 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.652 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2269 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.672 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2271 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.867 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2271 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.945 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2271 days ago · 82 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.721 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2272 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.020 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 155 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.670 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.759 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2274 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.963 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2275 days ago · 62 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.931 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2276 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.934 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2279 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.046 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2281 days ago · 75 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.840 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2282 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.675 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.874 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2284 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.951 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2286 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.566 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2287 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.220 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2288 days ago · 187 km deep · 30 km away
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