Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 83 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 83 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 8:30 PM AKST (05:30 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 54 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-11-17 05:30:52 UTC
Depth
16.0 km (9.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.460° N, 161.545° 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
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 105 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.865 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 1.863 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2142 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 1.983 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.285 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2142 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2141 days ago · 81 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.0100 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.2113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 3.0101 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 3.687 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2140 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.7114 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 2.264 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.465 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.079 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 2.139 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2139 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.398 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 3.071 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 1.878 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 2.264 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 2.088 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 1.961 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2138 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 3.037 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 86 km deep · 46 km away
  23. 1.972 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2137 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 2.6119 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2136 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 2.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  26. 1.965 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 49 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 2.155 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2135 days ago · 90 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 3.888 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 2.987 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 32 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 2.267 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2134 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 1.889 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
  32. 2.391 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  33. 1.983 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2133 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  34. 1.568 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 2.191 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  36. 2.117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 94 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 2.219 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 2132 days ago · 112 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 2.1100 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  39. 1.969 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 1.929 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 1.737 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2130 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 2.160 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  43. 1.974 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 2.057 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2129 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 2.533 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2128 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 2.0106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  47. 1.656 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  48. 1.773 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  49. 1.841 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2126 days ago · 77 km deep · 42 km away
  50. 2.168 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 2.2117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 2.2101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2125 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 2.881 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2124 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 2123 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 2.276 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  56. 2.959 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2120 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
  57. 1.987 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  58. 3.484 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2119 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  59. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 2118 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  60. 2.073 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2118 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.380 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 1.956 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 2.788 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.059 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.7113 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.991 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2143 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.759 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.242 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2144 days ago · 87 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.086 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.952 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.989 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 1.998 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.191 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 1.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.5106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.899 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2145 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 1.8110 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 2.2113 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 2.256 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 1.867 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2146 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away

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