M1.7 earthquake 18 km SW of Cold Bay, Alaska

Magnitude

1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Alaska Earthquake Center

Local time

Mon, Oct 12, 2020, 2:59 AM AKDT

UTC

2020-10-12 10:59:57 UTC

Depth

102.7 km (63.8 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

55.074° N, 162.941° W

Region

Alaska

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

18

• King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast40 kmW

After

1. 1.624 km S of False Pass, AKMon, Oct 12, 5:23 PM AKDT · 2180 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
2. 1.641 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaMon, Oct 12, 9:25 PM AKDT · 2180 days ago · 94 km deep · 76 km away
3. 1.914 km SSW of Cold Bay, AlaskaTue, Oct 13, 6:12 AM AKDT · 2180 days ago · 108 km deep · 9 km away
4. 1.562 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Oct 13, 8:25 AM AKDT · 2180 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
5. 2.835 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Oct 13, 6:15 PM AKDT · 2179 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
6. 2.058 km S of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Oct 13, 11:51 PM AKDT · 2179 days ago · 89 km deep · 91 km away
7. 2.663 km S of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Oct 15, 8:26 AM AKDT · 2178 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
8. 2.845 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Oct 16, 4:00 PM AKDT · 2176 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
9. 1.529 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Oct 16, 5:21 PM AKDT · 2176 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
10. 1.977 km S of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Oct 27, 11:37 AM AKDT · 2166 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
11. 2.927 km S of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Oct 29, 5:33 PM AKDT · 2163 days ago · 77 km deep · 48 km away
12. 2.239 km ENE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Nov 1, 8:21 AM AKST · 2161 days ago · 112 km deep · 77 km away
13. 2.7Unimak Island region, AlaskaMon, Nov 2, 5:38 AM AKST · 2160 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
14. 2.173 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Nov 3, 9:13 AM AKST · 2159 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
15. 1.613 km ENE of King Cove, AKTue, Nov 3, 3:27 PM AKST · 2158 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
16. 2.031 km S of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Nov 4, 10:15 AM AKST · 2158 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
17. 1.855 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaWed, Nov 4, 6:04 PM AKST · 2157 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
18. 2.9Unimak Island region, AlaskaThu, Nov 5, 1:24 PM AKST · 2156 days ago · 85 km deep · 85 km away
19. 2.173 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Nov 5, 10:39 PM AKST · 2156 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
20. 2.541 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Nov 7, 7:52 PM AKST · 2154 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
21. 1.917 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Nov 7, 8:56 PM AKST · 2154 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
22. 2.076 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Nov 10, 8:07 PM AKST · 2151 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
23. 2.256 km S of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Nov 13, 2:09 PM AKST · 2148 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
24. 2.219 km NW of Cold Bay, AlaskaFri, Nov 13, 3:28 PM AKST · 2148 days ago · 174 km deep · 24 km away
25. 1.723 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Nov 14, 5:17 PM AKST · 2147 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
26. 2.242 km ESE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Nov 14, 9:07 PM AKST · 2147 days ago · 87 km deep · 81 km away
27. 2.346 km S of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Nov 16, 5:50 PM AKST · 2145 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
28. 2.036 km NW of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Nov 16, 6:23 PM AKST · 2145 days ago · 88 km deep · 59 km away
29. 1.865 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Nov 17, 12:04 AM AKST · 2145 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
30. 1.983 km S of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Nov 17, 8:55 AM AKST · 2145 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
31. 1.666 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, AlaskaWed, Nov 18, 4:00 PM AKST · 2143 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
32. 3.687 km SE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Nov 19, 12:49 PM AKST · 2142 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
33. 1.819 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Nov 20, 6:34 PM AKST · 2141 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
34. 3.071 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Nov 20, 11:39 PM AKST · 2141 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
35. 2.266 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Nov 21, 8:50 AM AKST · 2141 days ago · 68 km deep · 99 km away
36. 3.037 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Nov 22, 4:03 AM AKST · 2140 days ago · 86 km deep · 71 km away
37. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaTue, Nov 24, 12:10 AM AKST · 2138 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
38. 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaWed, Nov 25, 7:20 PM AKST · 2136 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
39. 2.117 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Nov 27, 7:17 AM AKST · 2135 days ago · 94 km deep · 54 km away
40. 3.264 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Nov 27, 9:18 AM AKST · 2135 days ago · 73 km deep · 99 km away
41. 2.219 km NE of King Cove, AlaskaFri, Nov 27, 1:06 PM AKST · 2134 days ago · 112 km deep · 55 km away
42. 2.053 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, AlaskaSun, Nov 29, 3:01 PM AKST · 2132 days ago · 116 km deep · 97 km away
43. 2.832 km NW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Nov 29, 11:40 PM AKST · 2132 days ago · 173 km deep · 49 km away
44. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Nov 30, 1:02 AM AKST · 2132 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
45. 2.014 km WSW of Cold Bay, AlaskaWed, Dec 2, 3:20 PM AKST · 2129 days ago · 110 km deep · 5 km away
46. 1.841 km SE of King Cove, AlaskaThu, Dec 3, 12:01 PM AKST · 2128 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
47. 1.9Unimak Island region, AlaskaTue, Dec 8, 5:47 PM AKST · 2123 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
48. 4.054 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, AlaskaWed, Dec 9, 6:03 PM AKST · 2122 days ago · 153 km deep · 99 km away
49. 2.842 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Dec 10, 10:29 PM AKST · 2121 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
50. 1.8Alaska PeninsulaThu, Dec 10, 10:53 PM AKST · 2121 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away

Before

1. 2.330 km W of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Oct 11, 9:57 PM AKDT · 2181 days ago · 157 km deep · 66 km away
2. 1.722 km SSW of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Oct 11, 3:16 PM AKDT · 2181 days ago · 96 km deep · 60 km away
3. 1.637 km ENE of King Cove, AlaskaSun, Oct 11, 7:43 AM AKDT · 2182 days ago · 83 km deep · 76 km away
4. 1.964 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Oct 10, 3:21 PM AKDT · 2182 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
5. 1.743 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Oct 10, 10:32 AM AKDT · 2183 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
6. 1.811 km WNW of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Oct 8, 3:06 AM AKDT · 2185 days ago · 29 km deep · 44 km away
7. 2.150 km ESE of King Cove, AlaskaTue, Oct 6, 8:51 PM AKDT · 2186 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
8. 2.029 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaMon, Oct 5, 6:23 PM AKDT · 2187 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
9. 3.240 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSun, Oct 4, 11:36 PM AKDT · 2188 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
10. 1.567 km SSE of King Cove, AlaskaSat, Oct 3, 11:53 PM AKDT · 2189 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
11. 1.822 km NNW of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Oct 3, 7:12 AM AKDT · 2190 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away
12. 1.833 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Oct 3, 6:04 AM AKDT · 2190 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
13. 1.826 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Oct 3, 4:06 AM AKDT · 2190 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
14. 1.724 km S of False Pass, AlaskaSat, Oct 3, 3:08 AM AKDT · 2190 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
15. 1.928 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Oct 2, 8:17 PM AKDT · 2190 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
16. 3.235 km SSE of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Oct 2, 6:36 PM AKDT · 2190 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
17. 2.931 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Oct 2, 9:14 AM AKDT · 2191 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
18. 2.326 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Oct 2, 8:05 AM AKDT · 2191 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
19. 1.821 km S of False Pass, AlaskaFri, Oct 2, 6:50 AM AKDT · 2191 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
20. 1.526 km S of False Pass, AlaskaThu, Oct 1, 11:04 PM AKDT · 2191 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away

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