M1.6 earthquake 48 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 48 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska on Sun, Mar 14, 2021, 8:11 PM AKDT (04:11 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 108 km SE 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-15 04:11:51 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.677° N, 162.671° 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
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 128 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.741 km N of False Pass, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 184 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.927 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.690 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.165 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.191 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.989 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.967 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.092 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.824 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.244 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 66 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.924 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.883 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.695 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.043 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.924 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.589 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.651 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.765 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.024 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.721 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 29 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.839 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.9Unimak Island region, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.823 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.179 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.125 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.716 km SSW of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 103 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.640 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.830 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 88 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.655 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 51 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.330 km WSW of False Pass, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 122 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.248 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 50 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.790 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.838 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 119 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.731 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 89 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.098 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.625 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.622 km N of Cold Bay, Alaska · 2015 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.980 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.024 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2014 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.653 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.824 km NW of False Pass, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 151 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.694 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 27 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.893 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.235 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2013 days ago · 116 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.942 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.779 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2012 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.781 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.295 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.8102 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2011 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.885 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.854 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2009 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.926 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.974 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2008 days ago · 68 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.042 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.045 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 2007 days ago · 103 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.098 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.537 km SW of King Cove, Alaska · 2006 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
The first 60 of 128.
Before
- 3.562 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 29 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.290 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.872 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.6104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.7102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.969 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1100 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.0107 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.259 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 72 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.755 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.879 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.562 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.027 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.978 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.079 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.672 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2032 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.9101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.386 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2034 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
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