Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 22 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 22 km WSW of Cold Bay, Alaska on Sat, Aug 15, 2020, 12:11 AM AKDT (08:11 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 82 km SSE of False Pass, 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
2020-08-15 08:11:20 UTC
Depth
4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
55.091° N, 163.031° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.926 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 145 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.662 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2235 days ago · 60 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.822 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.846 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2234 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 5.082 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2233 days ago · 53 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
  6. 1.720 km S of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 106 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 1.752 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2232 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 2.319 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 145 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 1.880 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2229 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.925 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 2.667 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2228 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 2.654 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2227 days ago · 198 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.654 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2226 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 2.340 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2224 days ago · 74 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.557 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2220 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.560 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2218 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.325 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2217 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 2.651 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2215 days ago · 54 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.837 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 3.969 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2214 days ago · 81 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 1.643 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2213 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2211 days ago · 58 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 1.925 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2211 days ago · 126 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 2.057 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 91 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 2.114 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 2210 days ago · 128 km deep · 28 km away
  26. 2.337 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2205 days ago · 82 km deep · 82 km away
  27. 3.321 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2204 days ago · 152 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 1.765 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2199 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 1.611 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 2.215 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 131 km deep · 17 km away
  31. 2.112 km NNW of King Cove, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 2.012 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2198 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 1.951 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away
  34. 2.251 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 74 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 2.568 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2196 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2194 days ago · 78 km deep · 38 km away
  37. 1.983 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 2.438 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2193 days ago · 74 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 2.817 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 86 km deep · 45 km away
  40. 3.152 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2192 days ago · 84 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 1.741 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 1.526 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 1.821 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 2.326 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2191 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 2.931 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  46. 3.235 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  47. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  48. 1.724 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  49. 1.826 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  50. 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 1.822 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2190 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
  52. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2188 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2187 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 2.150 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2186 days ago · 59 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 1.811 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2185 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
  56. 1.743 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 1.964 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 1.637 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2182 days ago · 83 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 1.722 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 96 km deep · 58 km away
  60. 2.330 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 2181 days ago · 157 km deep · 62 km away

The first 60 of 66.

Before

  1. 1.833 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.731 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2240 days ago · 86 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.364 km WNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2241 days ago · 190 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.554 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2243 days ago · 83 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.958 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 2244 days ago · 79 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.963 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2247 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.821 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2250 days ago · 112 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 2.127 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 105 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 2.036 km NW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2252 days ago · 174 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 1.518 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 1.925 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2253 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2255 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 3.446 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2256 days ago · 85 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 1.535 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 1.737 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2258 days ago · 70 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 1.763 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2260 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 1.759 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.143 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2261 days ago · 160 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 1.817 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2262 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 1.720 km W of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2263 days ago · 138 km deep · 13 km away

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