Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 42 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 42 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska on Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 12:39 PM AKST (21:39 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 75 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-01-30 21:39:57 UTC
Depth
49.7 km (30.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.742° N, 161.953° 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
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 172 in the 60 days after this one and 92 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.186 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 1.680 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.818 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.894 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.922 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2067 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.277 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 53 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.1123 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.2100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2067 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 2.6Alaska Peninsula · 2066 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.324 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 83 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.065 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2066 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.654 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 1.679 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2065 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 1.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.919 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2064 days ago · 113 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 1.6Alaska Peninsula · 2063 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 1.742 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 68 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 1.664 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2062 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 4.875 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 51 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 2.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 2.0Alaska Peninsula · 2061 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
  25. 2.184 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2061 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
  28. 2.095 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2060 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  29. 2.054 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2058 days ago · 53 km deep · 34 km away
  30. 1.847 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  31. 2.522 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 62 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 1.977 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2056 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  33. 2.1104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2055 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 2.156 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 65 km deep · 58 km away
  35. 3.186 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  36. 2.329 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2054 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 2.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2053 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  38. 1.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 2.142 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 1.978 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  41. 1.876 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2052 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 1.754 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  43. 3.139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2051 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 2051 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away
  45. 1.662 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
  46. 2.66 km NE of False Pass, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 1.873 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 1.848 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2050 days ago · 72 km deep · 11 km away
  49. 3.1111 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  50. 1.727 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2049 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  51. 2.088 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 2.390 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 3.164 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2048 days ago · 44 km deep · 33 km away
  54. 2.178 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  55. 1.874 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2046 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  56. 1.976 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 2.273 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2045 days ago · 73 km deep · 52 km away
  58. 3.072 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
  59. 1.944 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2044 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away

The first 60 of 172.

Before

  1. 1.966 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 2.898 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.965 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 65 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 2.082 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2068 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 2.262 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.685 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2069 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 2.090 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.179 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.764 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2071 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 2.180 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 1.965 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 1.843 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 2.043 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 81 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.9119 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.750 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 47 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 2.797 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 1.968 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.661 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2072 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 3.093 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2073 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away

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