M1.9 earthquake 84 km SE of King Cove, Alaska
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 84 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Sat, Jan 2, 2021, 5:13 AM AKST (14:13 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 71 km S 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-02 14:13:26 UTC
- Depth
- 25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.433° N, 161.573° 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
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 170 in the 60 days after this one and 96 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.681 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.992 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.091 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2098 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.938 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 78 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.967 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.87 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 104 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.996 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 38 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.819 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2097 days ago · 94 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.678 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.780 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.3146 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.848 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.068 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2096 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.655 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.9116 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.6109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2095 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.692 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2094 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.782 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.157 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2093 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.384 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.0141 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.9104 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.7137 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.1144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.8144 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.8143 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.661 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2092 days ago · 26 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.385 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.480 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 2090 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.058 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 75 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.8138 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.190 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2089 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.8145 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.052 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2088 days ago · 56 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.889 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.896 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.8102 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.680 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.883 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.774 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 48 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.678 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.078 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2087 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.646 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 57 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.874 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.674 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.875 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2086 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.7Alaska Peninsula · 2086 days ago · 74 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.880 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2085 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.094 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.276 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2084 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.394 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.280 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 2083 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.6103 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2083 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.090 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2082 days ago · 27 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.251 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2081 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.291 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2080 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.970 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2079 days ago · 27 km deep · 17 km away
The first 60 of 170.
Before
- 1.962 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.886 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.875 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 70 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.289 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.066 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.987 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.086 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.284 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 2099 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.067 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.076 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.192 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.0105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2100 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.563 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.856 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2101 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.864 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.985 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 25 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.8112 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.954 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.783 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 31 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.943 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 2102 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
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