M1.9 earthquake 68 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 68 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 1:17 PM AKST (22:17 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 75 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-26 22:17:10 UTC
- Depth
- 21.4 km (13.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.545° N, 161.732° 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
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 168 in the 60 days after this one and 102 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.797 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.750 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 47 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.9119 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.043 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 81 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.843 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.965 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.180 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.764 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.179 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.090 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 29 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.262 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.965 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 65 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.898 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.966 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.842 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 50 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.186 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.680 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.894 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2067 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.053 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.277 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 53 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.1123 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.2100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2067 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.065 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.654 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.919 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 113 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2064 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.742 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 68 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.664 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.182 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.875 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 51 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2061 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.070 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.095 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.054 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 53 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.522 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 62 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.977 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.1104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.156 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.186 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.329 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.142 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 62 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.754 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
The first 60 of 168.
Before
- 1.661 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.093 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.053 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.196 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.071 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2074 days ago · 39 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 6
- 2.056 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.058 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.7112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2075 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.0113 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.8119 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.1103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.939 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.490 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.945 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2076 days ago · 63 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.970 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2078 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.251 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.6103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 2081 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
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