Alaska earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 85 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 85 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Mon, Apr 6, 2020, 9:26 AM AKDT (17:26 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 68 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-04-06 17:26:52 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.453° N, 161.495° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
3.2ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.081 · 20 stations
3.0ML, local (Richter)Alaska Earthquake CenterPreliminary

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
190°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.879 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2369 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 2.8104 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 2.175 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2368 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.549 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2367 days ago · 83 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 2.598 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2366 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 2.184 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2365 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.856 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2364 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.0107 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.5116 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 1.8117 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2363 days ago · 58 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 1.979 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2361 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 1.880 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2360 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 1.765 km SSE of Sand Point, AK · 2358 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.631 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2357 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.961 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2357 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.2Alaska Peninsula · 2356 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.682 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 1.660 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.087 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2356 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 1.886 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2355 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  21. 1.767 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2354 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  22. 1.721 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 112 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  24. 1.667 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
  25. 2.054 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2353 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away
  26. 1.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2351 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 2.343 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away
  28. 2.858 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
  29. 1.8122 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2350 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  30. 2.762 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2348 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away
  31. 1.655 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  32. 2.972 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  33. 2.7102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  34. 1.869 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2347 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
  35. 1.912 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 107 km deep · 89 km away
  36. 2.691 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2346 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  37. 2.158 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 2.660 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2345 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 1.784 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 1.663 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2343 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 1.788 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  42. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2342 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 1.663 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2342 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  44. 1.738 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 1.555 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2340 days ago · 20 km deep · 31 km away
  46. 1.882 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  47. 2.581 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 3.955 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2339 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 2.268 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 1.992 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2338 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  51. 1.887 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2336 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  52. 1.776 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2335 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  53. 1.662 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 1.7100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2333 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
  55. 1.960 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 29 km deep · 26 km away
  56. 2.569 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2332 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 1.721 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 55 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 1.895 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 1.859 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2331 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  60. 1.769 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2330 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away

The first 60 of 101.

Before

  1. 1.662 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 1.978 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2370 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 1.743 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2371 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.956 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2373 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.058 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 3.426 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2376 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.392 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2377 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 1.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2379 days ago · 21 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 1.863 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.9102 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2381 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 1.763 km SSE of King Cove, AK · 2382 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 1.975 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2383 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 2.796 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2384 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.566 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 24 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 1.999 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2385 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 2.6103 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2387 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 1.790 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.723 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 81 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 1.759 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2389 days ago · 64 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 1.878 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2390 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away

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