M1.6 earthquake 22 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 22 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska on Tue, Mar 23, 2021, 10:47 PM AKDT (06:47 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 24 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-24 06:47:09 UTC
- Depth
- 6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 55.388° N, 162.747° 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: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.024 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.653 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.824 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 151 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.235 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 116 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.942 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 58 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.854 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.926 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2003 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.042 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2002 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.045 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2001 days ago · 103 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.537 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.822 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2000 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.128 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1997 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.631 km NNW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1996 days ago · 190 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.635 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1994 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.149 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1992 days ago · 55 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.932 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1988 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.631 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.520 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1985 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.144 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 59 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.161 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 92 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.626 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 82 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.824 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1984 days ago · 24 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.129 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1983 days ago · 82 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.952 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1982 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.942 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.29 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1979 days ago · 93 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.150 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1978 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.328 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 99 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.853 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 168 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.728 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1977 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.029 km W of False Pass, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.626 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1976 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.830 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1975 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.852 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 62 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.737 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.532 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1974 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.926 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1973 days ago · 90 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.049 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 119 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.619 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1972 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.627 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.123 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1959 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1958 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 2.625 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.731 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2010 days ago · 89 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.838 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 119 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.248 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.330 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 122 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.655 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.830 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 88 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.716 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 103 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.823 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.839 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.721 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.043 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.063 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 154 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.824 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
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