Alaska earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 89 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 89 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Tue, Mar 16, 2021, 1:46 PM AKDT (21:46 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 32 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-03-16 21:46:13 UTC
Depth
25.6 km (15.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.499° N, 161.317° 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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 176 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 1.967 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 2.092 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 1.9101 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.1115 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 2.5106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.2104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.1105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.883 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 1.9103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.792 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 1.8102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.695 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 1.785 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.9114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.8109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 41 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.898 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.9120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.589 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 1.999 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 2.765 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.8125 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2025 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 2.0111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 4.632 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 50 km deep · 81 km away
  25. 1.946 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 75 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 2.1105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  27. 2.1south of Alaska · 2024 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 2.088 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  29. 2.179 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2024 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 2.392 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 2.4105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2023 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  32. 1.830 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 88 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 2.186 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  34. 1.655 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away
  35. 2.248 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2022 days ago · 50 km deep · 62 km away
  36. 2.856 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 29 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 2.062 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 1.7102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 2.3109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 1.960 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away
  41. 2.4108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 29 km deep · 100 km away
  42. 1.839 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  43. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 2.3101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2021 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 3.994 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 2.489 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 2.731 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 89 km deep · 59 km away
  48. 2.294 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  49. 2.4110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2020 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 2.098 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
  51. 2.2104 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  52. 1.997 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 2.8107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 2.2106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2019 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 1.980 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2018 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  56. 1.653 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  57. 1.893 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  58. 2.235 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 2017 days ago · 116 km deep · 89 km away
  59. 1.942 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 58 km deep · 47 km away
  60. 1.972 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2016 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.3107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2026 days ago · 27 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.191 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 3.165 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 49 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 1.981 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2027 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 2.086 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.894 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.690 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 2.094 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.091 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.648 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 3.0104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 2.196 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.1117 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 3.562 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 29 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 2.2132 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2028 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.290 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 2.872 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 2.6104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 2.7102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 1.969 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2030 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away

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