Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 19 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 19 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska on Thu, Feb 4, 2021, 3:38 AM AKST (12:38 UTC), 113 km (70 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 62 km SE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-02-04 12:38:53 UTC
Depth
113.0 km (70.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.026° N, 162.843° 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: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2062 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 2.054 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2057 days ago · 53 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 1.847 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 3.186 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.449 km NNW of False Pass, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 147 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 2.142 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 62 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.754 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 3.139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.151 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 112 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2049 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.662 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.66 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 116 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 1.848 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 72 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 1.727 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2047 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 3.164 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 44 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.273 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 73 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 3.072 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2043 days ago · 30 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.982 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 1.766 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 1.985 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 2.791 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2042 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 2.542 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 81 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 3.168 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 29 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 2.763 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2041 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 2.331 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2038 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 2.222 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  28. 1.955 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2036 days ago · 38 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 3.071 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2035 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 2.065 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 1.961 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 1.955 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 92 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 2.136 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 119 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 2.079 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2031 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
  35. 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  36. 2.562 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 1.755 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  38. 2.259 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 72 km deep · 66 km away
  39. 1.969 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 2.872 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 3.562 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
  42. 1.648 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  43. 2.741 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 184 km deep · 42 km away
  44. 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 3.165 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 49 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 1.967 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  47. 1.824 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
  48. 2.244 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 66 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 2.063 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 154 km deep · 92 km away
  51. 2.043 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  53. 1.651 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 2.765 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  55. 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 1.721 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
  57. 1.839 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
  58. 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  59. 1.823 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 2.179 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away

The first 60 of 84.

Before

  1. 3.262 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 64 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.324 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 83 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.277 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 53 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2065 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.922 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.894 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.818 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.347 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 163 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.680 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.186 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.842 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 50 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 1.966 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.965 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 65 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.179 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.764 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.965 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2070 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 2.043 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 81 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 1.750 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 47 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 1.661 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away

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